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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 absolutive; 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. | 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 absolutive; 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 | In the name of the language, ''dundulanyä ḫamfafa'', for example, ''dundulanyä'' is a bound form that however has the same form as the absolutive, 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''. | * ''imut naviṣyaɂe'' "the teacher's book", ''imut'' being the bound form of ''imute'' "teacher", and ''naviṣya'' "book" being marked with the 3SG possessive ''ɂe''. | ||