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| | * '''ganek''' - to see; look; watch |
| | : '''ganeshayan''' - <small>watch-PST-3sg-1sg</small> - ''She watched me.'' |
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| === Numbers ===
| | * '''shabra''' - to know; understand |
| | : '''shaban''' - <small>know-1sg</small> - ''I know'' |
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| | * '''yemek''' - to eat; consume |
| | | : '''yememu''' - <small>eat-Q-2pl</small> - ''Are you (all) eating?'' |
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| ! !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6 !! 7 !! 8 !! 9 !! 10
| | * '''-an''' - 1sg |
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| | * '''-e''' - 2sg |
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| | * '''-a''' - 3sg |
| | na'o || ta'o || ha'o || ma'o || ya'o || tsa'o || ka'o || pa'o || sa'o || ue'o
| | * '''-uk''' - 1pl |
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| | * '''-u(h)''' - 2pl |
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| | * '''-um''' - 3pl |
| | x|| x|| x|| x|| x|| x|| x|| x|| x|| x
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| | * '''-ra''' - infinitive [INF] |
| ! ordinal
| | * '''-ek''' - infinitive [INF] |
| | kina'o || kita'o || kiha'o || kima'o || kiya'o || kitsa'o || kika'o || kipa'o || kisa'o || kiue'o
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| | * '''-esh-''' - past tense [PST] |
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| | * '''-em-''' - interrogative [Q] |
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| | | * '''ne''' - no; not; negative |
| == Personal pronouns ==
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| Personal pronouns in --- inflect for three cases (nominative, accusative, and possessive), and have an animacy distinction in the 3rd person (more or less along the line of human vs. non-human). Note that the paradigm of the possessive pronouns is defective, with a number distinction existing only in the first person.
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| | e || ə || axe
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| | lɛñɔ || lɛño || adɔ
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| ! 3sg anim.
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| | loru || luru || ayru
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| ! 3sg inan.
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| | loyo || luño || ah
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| | wi || wɛ || aymɛ
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| ! 2pl
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| | wɛñɔ || wɛño || adɔ
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| ! 3pl anim.
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| | wəru || waru || ayru
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| ! 3pl inan.
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| | wayo || waño || ah
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| sources:
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| Buruya_Nzaysa
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| Cednìtıt
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| ===Compounding===
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| Compounding is a simple method of combining multiple nominals to form a more complex meaning. The most common construction takes the form of <HEAD>-OBL/GEN-<MODIFIER>, forming a general genitive compound. The genitive marker is often elided when the second part of the compound begins with a vowel, resulting in a simple concatenation of the two nouns.
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| Examples:
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| *'''dteŋ''' ''hair'' + '''paxı''' ''lion'' → '''dteŋıpaxı''' ''mane'' | |
| *'''ar''' ''star'' + '''cowo''' ''summit, peak'' → '''arıcowo''' ''North Star'' (?) | |
