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Proto-Tsimulh had a noun class system like the Bantu languages. There were 12 noun classes, which are numbered as follows: | Proto-Tsimulh had a noun class system like the Bantu languages. There were 12 noun classes, which are numbered as follows: | ||
#'' | #''ʔə́-'', pl. ''cə́-'' = humans, spirits | ||
#''bú-'', pl. '' | #''bú-'', pl. ''də́-'' = animals and other things that move on their own | ||
#'' | #''pà-'', pl. ''ə̀pí-'' = plants and mushrooms; things that grow | ||
#'' | #''sé-'', pl. ''dús-'' = collections or large things: ''scʼaσ'' 'forest' | ||
#''út-'', pl. '' | #''út-'', pl. ''pàσə́-'' = roughly round, compact objects | ||
#''má-'', pl. ''əwə-'' = long objects; tools, instruments, devices | #''má-'', pl. ''əwə-'' = long objects; tools, instruments, devices | ||
#'' | #''kè-'', pl. ''ábí-'' = places, locations, slots | ||
#''gú-'', pl. '' | #''gú-'', pl. ''nè-'' = various... including fluids (powder, water, liquids, fire, light, waves, wind, ...) | ||
#''σí-'', pl. ''wí-'' = time periods; events; things that are temporary (e.g. ice) | #''σí-'', pl. ''wí-'' = time periods; events; things that are temporary (e.g. ice) | ||
#'' | #''tì-'' = abstractions, manner, way | ||
#''t’ím-'' = infinitives, verbal nouns | #''t’ím-'' = infinitives, verbal nouns | ||
#''pòdá-'' = -ness, -hood | #''pòdá-'' = -ness, -hood | ||