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The dual of or plural markers are used with the noun they modify, although this particular example is from an old text. In modern colloquial language the word "gods" would be ''entirik'' instead, the second animate dative marker would be dropped too. | The dual of or plural markers are used with the noun they modify, although this particular example is from an old text. In modern colloquial language the word "gods" would be ''entirik'' instead, the second animate dative marker would be dropped too. | ||
===Reduplication=== | |||
Some Kirtumur nouns can have reduplicated forms. It is a property they share with the adjectives and verbs, but, unlike the latter, nouns only have one type of reduplication: a full reduplication of a monosyllabic stem and a partial reduplication of a stem containing more than one syllable. Reduplicated nouns have collective and/or intensive and this they share with reduplicated adjectives as well. Reduplication occurs with nouns of inanimate class, while animate nouns can only be reduplicate if they were derived from inanimate nouns. It can be viewed as a special case of noun composition, where both parts are the same: | |||
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|heimeim | |||
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|heim-heim-∅ | |||
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|house-house-ABS | |||
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| "neighbourhood" | |||
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The standard spelling for a reduplicated noun is to write it twice, even though certain consonant clusters will simplify once formed in such compounds. Old reduplicated nouns also show ablaut, for example: ''kukkapir'' "column", formed with an additional suffix ''-ir'' and reduplication of ''kapa'' "to hold, support". Such forms of reduplication became non-productive already in East Kyrdan. | |||
===Possession=== | ===Possession=== | ||
[[w:Possession|Possession]] is a category that describes an asymmetric relationship between two constituents: the possessor and the possessed. The possessed can be further divided into alienable and [[w:Inalienable possession|inalienable]]. When something is inalienably possessed, it is usually an attribute or a quality that can not be physically removed from the possessor and blood relations. A distinct inalienable category exists only for first and second persons in Kirtumur. | [[w:Possession|Possession]] is a category that describes an asymmetric relationship between two constituents: the possessor and the possessed. The possessed can be further divided into alienable and [[w:Inalienable possession|inalienable]]. When something is inalienably possessed, it is usually an attribute or a quality that can not be physically removed from the possessor and blood relations. A distinct inalienable category exists only for first and second persons in Kirtumur. | ||