‘so’ - This classifier indicates that
the objects are thin and long. This occurs with nouns like - yaso
‘rope’, tabu ‘snake’, tami ‘grass’, kusu ‘hay’, kati ‘match stick’,
tari ‘wire’, potan ‘pen’, sagarat
‘cigarette’, etc. |
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yaso soye
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‘one rope’
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rope one
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tabu sonye
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‘two snakes’
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make two
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‘ta’ - This classifier indicates that
the objects are flat and thin. Hence, this occurs with words like
- yani ‘leaf’, xeta ‘paper’, santa ‘plank’, etc. |
yan
taye
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‘one leaf’
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leaf one
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xeta tanye
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‘two papers’
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paper two
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| ‘tu’ - This classifier is
used to quantify liquids. Hence, it occurs with containers like -
tula ‘mug’, sudu ‘glass’, etc. |
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tula ture
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‘one mug’
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mug one
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sudu tunye
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‘two glasses’
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glasstwo
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tula tanyo
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‘small mug’
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mug small
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| ‘bu’ - This classifier is
used to indicate that th eobject is big in size and cylindrical in
shape. This occurs with nouns like -bije ‘bamboo’, panye ‘walking
stick’, xunta ‘pillar used for house construction (i.e., the pillar
that goes upto the ceiling of the house), tuca´
‘supporting pillar at the sides of the house’, tuli
‘pillar used under the house’, sran
‘pillar used to make the verandah’, san
‘tree’, paga ‘beam’, etc. |
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sani bue
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‘one tree’
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tree one
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sra
bunye
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‘two pillars’
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pillar two
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paga bunyo
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‘small beam’
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beam small
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| ‘be’ - This classifier
indicates that the objects are made of cloth. It is in free
variation with ‘bya’. This occurs with nouns like - abi ‘pants’,
tar
‘shirt’, pulye ‘cloth’, hompulye ‘blanket’, etc. |
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pulye bere
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‘one cloth’
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cloth one
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abi benye
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‘two pants’
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pants two
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tar
bero
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‘big shirt’
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shirt big
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