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| Examples |
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| I. |
(1) |
dz 1
kho 2 |
‘well’ |
‘water1- a place where
you keep or get something2’ |
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(2) |
m 1-r2
|
‘steamer’ |
‘fire1-ship2’ |
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(3) |
k ci 1
mirh 2
|
‘statue’ |
‘stone1-picture2’ |
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(4) |
ls 1  2
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‘page’ |
‘paper1-leaf2’ |
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(5) |
dz1
r 2
|
‘stork’ |
‘water1-bird2’ |
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(6) |
kci1
k2
|
‘cave’ |
‘hole1 house2’ |
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(7) |
ls1
dz2
|
‘ink’ |
‘paper1-water2’ |
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(liquid used for writingon paper). |
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(8) |
dz1
rpfny 2
|
‘navy’ |
‘water1-army2’ |
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(9) |
dr 1
k2 |
‘hospital’ |
‘medicine1-house2’ |
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(10) |
rz1
k2 |
‘theatre’ |
‘play1-house2’ |
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(11) |
dz1
ch 2
|
‘canal’ |
‘water1-road2’ |
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| II. |
(1) |
 ph 1
mh 2
|
‘ankle’ |
‘leg1-eye2’ |
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(2) |
mh1
mi 2
|
‘eyelash’ |
‘eye1-hair2’ |
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| III |
(1) |
kpru 1
r2
|
‘aeroplane’ |
‘flying1 ship2’ |
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(2) |
kv1
r2
|
‘whip’ |
‘beating1 rope2’ |
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(3) |
kv1
ci2
|
‘blacksmith’s |
‘beating1-stone2’
or |
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‘stone’ |
‘hitting-stone’ |
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(4) |
ls1
kpru2
|
‘kite’ |
‘flying2 paper1’ |
| II |
(5) |
dz1
dz2
|
‘beard’ |
‘cheek1-hair2’ |
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(6) |
mh1
dz2
|
‘tear’ |
eye1-water2’ |
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(7) |
lsd1
k2
|
‘library’ |
‘book1-house2’ |
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(8) |
kj1
mirh2
|
‘map’ |
‘earth1-picture2’ |
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(9) |
kdimi 1
k2
|
‘byre’ |
‘king1-house2’ |
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(10) |
pr1
mi2
|
‘feather’ |
‘bird1-hair2’ |
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(11) |
mth 1
k2
|
‘byre’ |
‘cow1-house2’ |
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| IV |
(1) |
n 1-d2
|
‘capital’ |
‘village/town1-big2’ |
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(2) |
1-kr2
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‘chalk’ |
‘mud1-white2’ |
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(3) |
dz1
kz2
|
‘sea; ocean’ |
‘water1-big2’ |
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| 9.3 Compound
verbs are relatively few. Structurally, a compound verb may be
either |
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| (a) V+V or
(b) V+adv. or (c) N+V |
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| (a) |
ki1
khu2
|
‘to gether’ |
‘call1-gather2’ |
| (b) |
l1
p u 2 |
‘to suspect’ |
‘think1-bad2’ |
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pm1
phr2
|
‘to recite’ |
‘blindly1-read2’ |
| (c) |
dz1
v2
|
‘to swim’ |
‘water1-hit2’ |
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tsl1
tsh 2 |
‘to sing’ |
‘song1-do2’ |
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|
SYNTAX |
| 10.0.0
General Remarks |
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| Angami is a
subject-object-verb language. The sentence (defined in 10.4.0)
usually contains a noun-phrase about the subject. A predicate
phrase may be a noun phrase or a verb phrase or may consist of
both. a predicate phrase alone may constitute a sentence. The
subject with its adjencts is followed by the D(irect) O(bject),
the I(indirect) O(bject), and the V(erb), the adverb either
preceding or following the verb. |
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|
±SB±DO±IO+V |
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| When the
predicate phrase is a noun-phrase there is no copula linking it
with the subject. |
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| k1
ny2
kv3
|
‘They (pl.)1 are good3
boys2’ |
| h1 2
k3
|
‘This1(is) my2
house3’ |
| 1
z2
blh3
|
‘My2 name2
(is) Belho3’ |
| 1
lichimi2
|
‘I1 (am a) farmer2’ |
nhcny1
 d2 ikt3 |
‘The3 boy1
that died3 yesterday2 |
| 4
ny5
m6
|
(is) not6 my4
son5’ |
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| 10.1.0 The
Noun Phrase |
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| The noun
phrase may consist of a head noun and one or more attributes
preceding or following the head noun. This is called the
attributive noun phrase. The noun phrase which is composed of
two or more head nouns linked by a co-ordinating connective is a
co-ordinate noun phrase. A noun phrase formed by apposition or
juxtaposition, called the appositive noun-phrase may be
co-ordinate or attributive. The only instance when a noun phase
is neither attributive nor co-ordinate is a noun phrasewhich is
composed of two nouns, conjoined by the sub-ordinating
conjunction dr
‘but’ as in 1
m2
dr3
pu4
‘Not2 I1 but3
he4’. |
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| 10.1.1 The
Attributive Noun Phrase |
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| An
Attributive noun phrase is buit up of a head noun and one or
more attributes that may precede or follow the head noun. |
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| In the
Noun+Attribute constructions, the attribute that follows the
noun may be an adjective, a verbal adjective (relative
participle), a numeral, a quantifier, a demonstrative or the
article. When a plural pronoun is the head, it can be modified
either by a numeral or by a quantifier (the last two examples
below). |
