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| ====Noun Morphology==== | | ====Noun Morphology==== |
| Kukʉp is an ergative-absolutive language, meaning the ''object'' of a transitive verb and the single core ''argument'' of an intransitive verb are treated the same ('''absolutive'''), while the ''agent'' of a transitive verb is treated differently ('''ergative'''). In English, this would read as follows:
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| * He (''agent'') found me (''object'').
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| * Him (''argument'') traveled.
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| {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; width:600px;" | | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; vertical-align:middle; width:600px;" |
| ! colspan="2"| | | ! colspan| |
| ! colspan="2"|Singular | | ! colspan="2"|Singular |
| ! colspan="2"|Plural | | ! colspan="2"|Plural |
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| ! rowspan="4"|Absolutive | | !Nominative |
| !Person
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| |child | | |child |
| |'''nevo''' /’nevɒ/ | | |'''(a)''' |
| |children | | |children |
| |Suffix: '''-(e)v''' /-(ɛ)v/<br />'''nevov''' /’nevɒv/ | | |Suffix: '''-(e)t''' /-(e)t/ '''(at)''' |
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| !Land
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| |tree
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| |'''erku''' /’ɛɾku/
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| |trees
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| |Suffix: '''-a''' /-a/<br />'''erkua''' /ɛɾ’kua/
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| !Sea
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| |fish
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| |'''kure''' /’kuɾɛ/
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| |fishes
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| |Suffix: '''-i''' /-i/<br />'''kurei''' /’kuɾɛi/
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| !Sky
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| |bird
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| |'''roi''' /’ɾoi/
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| |birds
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| |Suffix: '''-ʉ''' /-ʉ/<br />'''roiʉ''' /ɾo’iʉ/
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| ! rowspan="4"|Ergative | | !Accusative |
| !Person
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| |child | | |child |
| |Suffix: '''-(o)t''' /-(ɒ)t/<br />'''nevot''' /'nevɒt/ | | |Suffix: '''-(a)t''' /-(a)t/ '''(at)''' |
| |children | | |children |
| |Suffix: '''-(e)'''' /-(e)ʔ/<br />'''nevo'''' /'nevɒʔ/ | | |Suffix: '''-(i)d''' /-(i)d/ '''(ad)''' |
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| !Land
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| |tree
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| |Suffix: '''-(e)v''' /-(e)v/<br />'''erkuv''' /'ɛɾkuv/
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| |trees
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| |Suffix: '''-(u)wi''' /-(u)wi/<br />'''erkuwi''' /ɛɾ’kuwi/
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| !Sea
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| |fish
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| |Suffix: '''-(o)t''' /-(o)t/<br />'''kuret''' /’kuɾɛt/
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| |fishes
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| |Suffix: '''-(o)'o''' /-(o)ʔo/<br />'''kure’o ''' /ku'ɾɛʔo/
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| !Sky | | !Genative |
| |bird | | |child's |
| |Suffix: '''-(u)p''' /-(u)p/<br />'''roip''' /'ɾoip/ | | |Suffix: '''-(u)g''' /-(u)g/ '''(ag)''' |
| |birds | | |children's |
| |Suffix: '''-(ɒ)v''' /-(ɒ)v/<br />'''roiv''' /’ɾoiv/ | | |Suffix: '''-u''' /-u/ '''(au)''' |
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