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7. Dem. +
mhy ‘like’ |
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h 
+ mhy
® hmhy
|
‘like this’ |
ts
+ mhy
® tsmhy
|
‘like that’ |
l
+ mhy
® lmhy
|
‘like that’ |
| s
+ mhy
® smhy
|
‘like that’ |
|
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| 8. Dem. +
nhi ‘day’ |
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| h
+ nhi
® hnhi
|
‘this day’ |
| ts
+ nhi
® tsnhi
|
‘that day, the other day’ |
| s
+ nhi
® snhi
|
‘that day, the other day’ |
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9. Dem. +  i
‘after’ |
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| h
+ i
® hi
|
‘after this; next’ |
| ts
+ i
® tsi
|
‘after that; then’ |
| s
+ i
® si
|
‘after that; then’ |
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10. Dem.
+ yw n
‘since or from point of space or time’ |
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| h
+ ywn
® hywn
|
‘from this’ |
| ts
+ ywn
® tsywn
|
‘since that’ |
| l
+ ywn
® lywn
|
‘from that’ |
| s
+ ywn
® sywn
|
‘from that’ |
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2.6.5 The Interrogative pronoun |
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The Interrogative pronouns
in Angami are pu
‘who (human) kdpu
‘what’ (non-human) |
k  ‘who or which’
(human or non-human) |
kr
(pu) |
‘where’ |
kdpu
mhy |
|
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|
kkmhyd
|
‘how’ |
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|
kkd |
|
| kd
|
‘why’ |
kdkts k |
|
kdpul |
|
kktsk
|
‘when’ |
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The pronouns pu
‘who’, kdpu
‘what’ and k
‘which’ do not undergo any morphophonemic changes, when case
markers are added. pu
‘who’ and k ‘which’
may be marked for gender, number or diminution. They may be
declined, for emphasis, to agree with the gender of the
referent. |
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| pu
|
‘who’ |
(human masc. or common) |
pf pu
|
‘who’ |
(human feminine) |
y pu
|
‘who’ |
(human diminutive) |
| kpf |
‘which or who’ |
(human feminine) |
| k |
‘which or who’ |
(Non human-feminine) |
| ky |
‘which or who’ |
(diminutive) |
kni |
‘which’ |
(non-human du.) |
kk |
‘which’ |
(non-human pl.) |
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Although it is logically possible that
kpf,
k and ky
denote human beings, they are seldom used. pu
‘who’. however, does not take the plural marker. |
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| pu
|
‘who’ |
(sg.) |
| (pu)ni
|
‘who’ |
(sg. or pl.) |
| nipu
|
‘who’ |
(du.) |
kr pu
|
‘who’ |
(pl.) |
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kr literally means
‘group’ |
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Further, in asking the question,
‘what is your name?’ or ‘what is your dog’s name? pu
‘who and not kdpu
‘what’ is used. This follows from the fact that names of human
beings and dogs are considered human as pointed out in th
section on gender. |
|
|
z pu
g
|
‘what (is) your name ? ’ |
f
z pu
g
|
‘what(is) the nameof yourdog? ’ |
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2.6.6. The Reflexive Pronoun |
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Any pronoun in Angami can be made reflexive by suffixing thy
‘self’ |
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|
‘I’ |
hini
‘we (excl. du.) |
| thy
|
‘myself’ |
hinithy |
| n |
‘you’ |
k ‘they’ |
 thy |
‘yourself’ |
kthy
‘themselves’ |
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w
‘we’ one of the First person inclusive plural pronouns does not
occur with the reflexive suffix. |
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Reflexive pronouns do not take
case markers. They are followed by the same pronoun (which may
be called the ‘pronoun auxiliary’) to which are added the case
markers. The case marker is the Goal case marker k
in the following examples: |
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eg. (a)
 thy
k
ps
‘Itold(to)myself’ |
(b) pu
puthy
pu
k mds
‘Hetold(to)himselfa lie’ |
