Proto-Austronesian Hebrew/Morphology
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Nouns
Masculine
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Direct | -u | -āmi | -ūma |
Genitive | -i | -aymi | -īma |
Indirect | -a |
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Direct | -Ø | -ā | -ū |
Genitive | -Ø | -ay | -ī |
Indirect | -Ø |
Feminine
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Direct | -atu | -atōmi | -ōtu |
Genitive | -ati | -ataymi | -ōti |
Indirect | -ata |
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Direct | -at | -atō | -atū |
Genitive | -at | -atay | -atī |
Indirect | -at |
Pronouns
Personal - Independent
Personal pronouns are often omitted, except in verbless clauses. There are two forms: one can exist independently and the other is a suffix attached to the construct/pronominal-state noun.
case | Common | # |
---|---|---|
D | 'aku | sing. |
O | ||
D | 'ani | dual |
O | ||
D | 'anīnū | pl. |
O | 'anīnī |
case | Masc. | Fem. | # |
---|---|---|---|
D | 'āttā | 'ātti | sing |
O | |||
D | 'attumā | dual | |
O | 'attumay | ||
D | 'attumū | 'attinnā | plural |
O | 'attumī |
case | Masc. | Fem. | # |
---|---|---|---|
D | huwa | hiya | sing. |
O | huwati | hiyati | |
D | humā | dual | |
O | humay | ||
D | humū | hinnā | plural |
O | humī |
Personal - Suffix
Sing. | Dual | Pl. | |
---|---|---|---|
1c | -ī* -ya -nī |
-nayā | -nū |
2m | -ka | -kumā | -kum |
2f | -ki | -kun | |
3m | -ō/-hū | -humā | -(hu)m |
3f | -ha/-ah | -(hi)n |
-ī takes the place of the nominative ending -u
Relative
The relative pronoun in PAH seems to be derived from the Akkadian/Ugaritic pronoun *ðu-. The progress of the consonant seems to have been *ð > *z > *s.
case | Masc. | Fem. | # |
---|---|---|---|
D | ス̅ sū |
サ̅ツ sātu |
sing. |
G | シ̅ sī |
サ̅チ sāti | |
I | サ̅ sā |
サ̅タ sāta | |
D | ス̅ツ̅ sūtū |
dual / plural | |
O | ス̅チ̅ sūtī |
Demonstrative
Near
case | M | F | # |
---|---|---|---|
- | hō | hōt | sing. |
- | hōni | dual | |
- | 'illey | plural |
Far
The 3rd person personal pronoun is used as if it were a far-deitic pronoun/adjective.
Interrogative and Indefinite
Unlike all the other pronouns, these inflect for personal vs. impersonal, not gender