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Pronominal predicatives

Stative and dynamic affixes
person 1 2 3.PROX (3) 3.OBV (4) 0
-w- -k- - -y- -h-
Stative
same -á- -wá -ká (Vy) -yá -há
different -í- -wí -kí - -yi -hí
Dynamic
same -u- wu- ku- u- yu- hu-
different -a- wa- ka- a- ya- ha-

Noun classes and quantifiers

Class Singular Dual Plural
I -ma -im -nna -ūnna -yme -imme people, professions
II -n -i animals, pets, cattle
III -uš -waš predators, pejoratives
IV wa- w- plants, nature
V ki- kin- -ūnna -yunna meat, edibles, bodyparts
VI -iš -sse -issa small/round/short/curved objects
VII -teh -teh -yittah -īttah long/straight/thing objects
VIII -kka -ākka unclear
IX -ye -ya abstractions, divinity, honorifics

Simple stuff

Pluralisation

Do we distinguish plurals? They are a pain after all. Yeah, yeah, I guess I have to.

I

  • agūrriy /a.gu͜β.rɪj/ → *agūrriyna /a.gu͜β.rɪː.nə/ → agūrrīn /a.gu͜β.rɪːn/
  • amik / a.mɪk/ → *amikna /a.mɪk.na/ → amiǧna /a.mɪŋ.nə/
  • līlak → *līlakna /lɪː.lak.na/ → *līlaǧn /lɪː.laŋ.nə/ → līlan /lɪː.lan/
  • ikāruikāruna


Irregular

  • okokok

The other stuff

katsa
[ˈkat͡sa]
katsa-∅
songbird.IV-PRED

It is a songbird.

(1)


katsawí
[ˈkat͡sajiɨ̯]
katsa-wí
songbird.N-1SG.HE

I am a songbird.

(2)


katsayín
[ˈkat͡saʝẽː]
katsa-yín
songbird.N-2PL.HE

You are songbirds.

(3)


tšanukān
[t͡ʃanuˈkɔn]
tshanu-k-ā-n
horse.M-2-SAM-PL

You are horses.

(13)


What's actually inside

  • ᎭᎪᏨ:ᏡᎲᏙᏙᏔᏋᎹ ᎪᏫᏢᎭᎹ:ᎰᎱ;
    yáasúweyikukúusima awushuyamátin?
    [ʝaːsuβ̞ɛʝikuˈkuːβ̞sẽʔa aβ̞uɕuʝʌ̃ˈʔaːtẽ]

    Is that moose crying herring?

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