Proto-Austronesian Hebrew/Morphology

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Nouns

Masculine

Absolute State
Singular Dual Plural
Direct -u -āmi -ūma
Genitive -i -aymi -īma
Indirect -a
Construct State
Singular Dual Plural
Direct
Genitive -ay
Indirect


Feminine

Absolute State
Singular Dual Plural
Direct -atu -atōmi -ōtu
Genitive -ati -ataymi -ōti
Indirect -ata
Construct State
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.

First person
case Common #
D 'aku sing.
O
D 'ani dual
O
D 'anīnū pl.
O 'anīnī
Second person
case Masc. Fem. #
D 'āttā 'ātti sing
O
D 'attumā dual
O 'attumay
D 'attumū 'attinnā plural
O 'attumī
Third person
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 ス̅
サ̅ツ
sātu
sing.
G シ̅
サ̅チ
sāti
I サ̅
サ̅タ
sāta
D ス̅ツ̅
sūtū
dual
/
plural
O ス̅チ̅
sūtī

Demonstrative

Near

case M F #
- 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

Interrogative

Indefinite