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This is an example of Minthun's Classificatory NI (Class IV) being exploited by Minhast. Here, it is essentially creating the equivalent of a locative noun in other languages, e.g. English "Within the ''interior of'' the beast...", which is essentially an Inessive-like case construction. Here, ''nua'' means "side", and has been incorporated into the verb complex. The implicit head is ''suharak'' (deerskin), which was mentioned in a previous line in the passage, which is what the Locative applicative ''naħk-'' is referring to. This construction is equivalent to saying "Next to it", "By its side", etc. | |||
* This is an example of Minthun's Classificatory NI (Class IV) being exploited by Minhast. Here, it is essentially creating the equivalent of a locative noun in other languages, e.g. English "Within the ''interior of'' the beast...", which is essentially an Inessive-like case construction. Here, ''nua'' means "side", and has been incorporated into the verb complex. The implicit head is ''suharak'' (deerskin), which was mentioned in a previous line in the passage, which is what the Locative applicative ''naħk-'' is referring to. This construction is equivalent to saying "Next to it", "By its side", etc. | |||
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| translation = Thunder-balls explode next to it. | | translation = Thunder-balls explode next to it. | ||
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* Putting this here before I forget, more NI stuff. Many (most?) of the NI forms of Minhast nouns are irregular, the majority of which exhibit what I call "truncation". I've never seen this word in the NI literature before, but here's an example from the Sora language (Munda family, India). The first example shows the analytic version of the sentence "Will they eat the buffalo/ Do they eat buffalo?". The second example shows the noun incorporated-version of the same sentence: | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = bɔŋtɛlәnәdɔŋ jomtɛji pɔ | |||
| IPA = | |||
| morphemes = bɔŋtɛl-әn-әdɔŋ jom-t-ɛ-ji pɔ | |||
| gloss = buffalo-/әn/3-ACC eat-NPST-3S-PL.S Q | |||
| translation = Will they eat the buffalo/ Do they eat buffalo? | |||
}} | |||
{{Gloss | |||
|phrase = jombɔŋtɛnji pɔ | |||
| IPA = | |||
| morphemes = jom-'''<u>bɔŋ</u>'''-t-ɛ-n-ji pɔ | |||
| gloss = eat-buffalo-NPST-3S-INTR-PL.S Q | |||
| translation = Will they eat the buffalo/ Do they eat buffalo? | |||
}}<br/>Notice in the independent form of buffalo, ''bɔŋtɛl'', loses its final syllable in its incorporated form, ''-bɔŋ-''. | |||
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