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There are 9 inherent [[w:noun class|noun class]]es, {{sc|c}}, in the Kiwi language. These do to some extent govern [[w:obviation|obviation]], and [[w:agreement (linguistics)|agreement]] with adjectives. They are mainly dependent upon size and edibility. | There are 9 inherent [[w:noun class|noun class]]es, {{sc|c}}, in the Kiwi language. These do to some extent govern [[w:obviation|obviation]], and [[w:agreement (linguistics)|agreement]] with adjectives. They are mainly dependent upon size and edibility. | ||
Every class has an adjectivising prefix, {{sc|ADZ}}, which creates adverbs and adjectives from nouns. | Every class has an adjectivising prefix, {{sc|ADZ}}, which creates adverbs and adjectives from nouns and verbs. | ||
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| VII || ''etē-''|| ''shapeless inedibles; water, mud, rope'' | | VII || ''etē-''|| ''shapeless inedibles; water, mud, rope'' | ||
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| VIII || ''yi-'' || ''abstractions, concepts, as well as titles'' | | VIII || ''yi-''/''hi-'' || ''abstractions, concepts, as well as titles'' | ||
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| IX || ''tāne-'' || ''bodyparts, extremities'' | | IX || ''tāne-'' || ''bodyparts, extremities'' | ||
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Since the classes are relatively defined, it is not morphologically marked which class a noun belongs to. The prefixes are instead fixed on nouns to derive adjectives and adverbs. And epenthic glottal stop, <ʻ> is added if two vowels collide. | |||
The class prefixes are also used to congruate the possessor with a possesse, where the possessor get the class prefix of possessed object, as well as the genitive case. | |||
Word order is most often irrelevant, since Kiwi is more or less [[w:Non-configurationality|non-configurational]]. See ''[[Kiwi#Syntax|Syntax]]'' for further information. | Word order is most often irrelevant, since Kiwi is more or less [[w:Non-configurationality|non-configurational]]. See ''[[Kiwi#Syntax|Syntax]]'' for further information. | ||