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!Nominative | !Nominative | ||
|''Ø'' | |'''Ø''' | ||
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!Accusative | !Accusative | ||
|''-lè'' | |'''-lè''' | ||
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!Genetive | !Genetive | ||
|''-de'' | |'''-de''' | ||
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!Possessive | !Possessive | ||
|''-do'' | |'''-do''' | ||
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Compound words are connected by dropping any final -V(ŋ) and adding the -o- infix. Inflections only fall on the end of the compound word. For example, the word for seaweed: '''reng mbila''' (water+leaf) → r<s>eng</s>-o-mbila → rombila → rombiladu, etc. Burumbi also has a large number of prefixes for word formation, such as '''oubo-''' (indicating largeness and roundness) + reng: | Compound words are connected by dropping any final '''-V(ŋ)''' and adding the '''-o-''' infix. Inflections only fall on the end of the compound word. For example, the word for seaweed: '''reng mbila''' (water+leaf) → r<s>eng</s>-o-mbila → rombila → rombiladu, etc. Burumbi also has a large number of prefixes for word formation, such as '''oubo-''' (indicating largeness and roundness) + reng: ''ouboreng'' "lake". | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
Adjectives follow their nouns agree with them in case only. The nominative, genetive, and possessive are identical, ''-de''. The accusative ''-lè''. | Adjectives follow their nouns agree with them in case only. The nominative, genetive, and possessive are identical, '''-de'''. The accusative '''-lè'''. | ||
===Verbs=== | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||