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* e/i root: ''dehuṣa'' (''deh-uṣ-''): <small>ABS</small> ''dehuṣa'', <small>ERG</small> ''dehuṣis'', <small>DAT</small> ''dihoṣak'', <small>LOC</small> ''dihoṣā'', <small>LOC.PL</small> ''dihauṣēn'' | * e/i root: ''dehuṣa'' (''deh-uṣ-''): <small>ABS</small> ''dehuṣa'', <small>ERG</small> ''dehuṣis'', <small>DAT</small> ''dihoṣak'', <small>LOC</small> ''dihoṣā'', <small>LOC.PL</small> ''dihauṣēn'' | ||
* a/zero root, synchronically irregular: ''hāṅkä'' (''haf-n-kä-'' < *śǝ́f-ṇ-koy-): <small>ABS</small> ''hāṅkä'', <small>ERG</small> ''hāṅkäs'', <small>DAT</small> ''iṣfaṅkäk'', <small>LOC</small> ''iṣfaṅkä'', <small>LOC.PL</small> ''iṣfāṅkän'' | * a/zero root, synchronically irregular: ''hāṅkä'' (''haf-n-kä-'' < *śǝ́f-ṇ-koy-): <small>ABS</small> ''hāṅkä'', <small>ERG</small> ''hāṅkäs'', <small>DAT</small> ''iṣfaṅkäk'', <small>LOC</small> ''iṣfaṅkä'', <small>LOC.PL</small> ''iṣfāṅkän'' | ||
===Nouns=== | |||
(TBA: introduction, declension) | |||
====Bound forms==== | |||
Dundulanyä nouns have a further, non-case form, which is called the '''bound form''' by native grammarians. For nouns whose stems end in vowels, it is usually identical to the nominative; for other nouns, it is usually the endingless stem (with some exceptions). It is used when the noun is the predicate of a copular verb; when the noun is the possessor (a form syntactically reminescent of the Afroasiatic construct state); and when governed by many adpositions. | |||
In the name of the language, ''dundulanyä ḫamofa'', for example, ''dundulanyä'' is a bound form that however has the same form as the nominative, due to the noun having a stem ending in a vowel. Some more examples of bound forms: | |||
* ''imut naviṣyaɂe'' "the teacher's book", ''imut'' being the bound form of ''imute'' "teacher", and ''naviṣya'' "book" being marked with the 3SG possessive ''ɂe''. | |||
* ''nūrei dvārmaɂe'' "the child's room", ''nūrei'' being the bound form of ''nūrya'' "child". | |||
* ''tätebu ū līv'' "my home is a flat", where ''līv'', bound form of ''līve'' "apartment", is part of a copular structure. | |||
* ''dhomiyān surē'' "without hope", where the postposition ''surē'' "without" forces the noun ''dhomiyāna'' to assume its bound form ''dhomiyān''. | |||
==External history== | ==External history== |
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