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===Noun classes=== | |||
Nouns in Kalurilut belong to up to 6 (or 12, counting plural ones as distinct) noun classes, mostly allocated semantically. Each class is distinguished by a prefix used for nouns, adjectives, and some prepositions, another one used for subjects of verbs, and a further one used for verbal direct objects. | |||
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! Class !! Semantic field !! Nominal prefix !! Subj. prefix !! Obj. prefix !! Example | |||
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! 1 | |||
| People, humans (<small>SG</small>) || ka- || ka- || a- || ''kangaq'' (person) | |||
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! 2 | |||
| People, humans (<small>PL</small>) || su- || su- || ia- || ''sungaq'' (people) | |||
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! 3 | |||
| Animals (<small>SG</small>) || tu- || ti- || ta- || ''tutavik'' (wolf) | |||
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! 4 | |||
| Animals (<small>PL</small>) || naq- || na- || ina- || ''naqqavik'' (wolves) | |||
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! 5 | |||
| Plants, various animates (<small>SG</small>) || u- || u- || ta- || ''usangat'' (tree) | |||
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! 6 | |||
| Plants, various animates (<small>PL</small>) || qaa- || qaa- || nga- || ''qaasangat'' (trees) | |||
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! 7 | |||
| Artifacts, languages (<small>SG</small>) || sa- || si- || ∅- || ''sapatut'' (hammer) | |||
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! 8 | |||
| Artifacts, languages (<small>PL</small>) || tuu- || tui- || ai- || ''tuupatut'' (hammers) | |||
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! 9 | |||
| Natural features, lands (<small>SG</small>) || i- || rowspan=2 | i- || rowspan=2 | ∅- || ''ikavik'' (river) | |||
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! 10 | |||
| Natural features, lands (<small>PL</small>) || ittu- || ''ittukavik'' (rivers) | |||
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! 11 | |||
| Misc., abstract + most borrowings (<small>SG</small>) || ru- || ri- || a- || ''rutarraa'' (knowledge) | |||
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! 12 | |||
| Misc., abstract + most borrowings (<small>PL</small>) || iqa- || qi- || ia- || ''iqatarraa'' (studies) | |||
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! 13 | |||
| Verbal infinitives || tii- -qa/-aq || qui- || ngi- || ''tiitaasaq'' (to build (root ''-taas-'')) | |||
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