Quame languages: Difference between revisions

Quame languages (view source)

641 bytes added , 11 August 2022

m

138,726

edits

@@ Line 151: / Line 151: @@
 OVS; focus prominent; Wackernagel clitics
+=== Classifiers ===
+*ne, pl. stae = animates (humans, more "animate" animals like pets)
+*tja, pl. jes = honorific form of ne
+*kveo, pl. fli = organisms not viewed as sentient: plants, fungi, bacteria, "lower" animals, pests
+*mi, pl. min = tiny, point-like objects; mass nouns
+Units of measurement can be used such as cups, pails, ...
+*oets, pl. al = long, thin objects
+*hy, pl. zoe = flat sheets
+*gi, pl. kru = food items
+*raev, pl. sja = abstractions; intellectual works such as art, books, ...
+*mo, pl. lu = manmade structures: houses, buildings, cities; toolsUnits of measurement do not take classifiers with numerals.
 ==Derivations==