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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
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Ormå has four grammatical genders: '''masculine''', '''feminine''', '''passive neuter''' and '''active neuter'''. The distinction between passive and active neuter is quite vague, though the general pattern is that if it is a countable geographical feature that moves by itself, such as a river(''mittä''), it is '''active''' and if not, like a watershed(''nncẽ''), it is '''passive'''. However, some words, like ''krỹse''("snowy mountain"), which would logically be passive, is actually active, because in Ormå mythology, the God of Snowy Mountains, ''Ukkäjan'', supposedly causes avalanches to deter climbers of Mount Kakkijajå, thus making snowy mountains ''active'' deterers of climbers. | |||
====Number==== | ====Number==== | ||
Ormå, like all Ulmic languages, differentiates between single, dual and plural grammatical number, which vary according to the four grammatical genders of masculine, feminine, passive neuter and active neuter. | Ormå, like all Ulmic languages, differentiates between single, dual and plural grammatical number, which vary according to the four grammatical genders of masculine, feminine, passive neuter and active neuter. | ||
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! colspan=2 | Feminine | ! colspan=2 | Feminine | ||
| ''skyd''<br>" | | ''skyd''<br>"bulb" || ''skyd'''je''''' || ''skyd'''jus''''' | ||
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! rowspan=2 | Neuter | ! rowspan=2 | Neuter | ||