4.1.2.1.
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Derived nouns by prefixation
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jojom |
‘eating’ |
| lelel |
‘seeing’ |
| nunu? |
‘drinking’ |
| rara? |
‘calling’ |
| sasa?p |
‘catching’ |
| nanam |
‘finding’ |
| susuku |
‘liking’ |
| sesen |
‘walking, going’ |
| aaw |
‘bringing’ |
| gagasar |
‘washing (utensils)’ |
 aapi |
‘washing (clothes)’ |
huhu  i
|
‘collecting’ |
| dadal |
‘beating’ |
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4.1.2.2.
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Derived nouns formed by suffixing
ni? or ji?
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jom -
¸i? |
or |
jom-ji? |
‘eater’ |
| ir -i? |
or |
ir-ji? |
‘reaper’ |
| idi -
i? |
or |
idi-ji? |
‘taker’ |
| hui
- ni? |
or |
hui
- ji? |
‘collector’ |
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4.1.2.3.
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Derived nouns formed by suffixing - i?
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ir - tan - i? |
‘one who is reaping’ |
| ir - ta?t - i? |
‘one who has reaped’ |
| jom - tan - i? |
‘one who is eating’ |
| jom - ta?t - i? |
‘one who has eaten’ |
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4.1.2.4.
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Derived nouns formed by suffixing -i, -a, ni
with adjectives. -i is suffixed with animate nouns; -a is suffixed with
inanimate nouns; -ni is suffixed to derive a abstract nouns.
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maraŋ
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‘big’ |
maraŋ-i
|
‘bigness’ |
hu iŋ
|
‘small’ |
huiŋ-i
|
‘smallness’ |
| bugin |
‘good’ |
bugin-i |
‘good’ |
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| salaŋgi
|
‘tall |
salaŋgii |
‘tallness’ |
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e
|
h |
‘huiŋi |
heke |
| this |
man |
small |
is |
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| ¸e |
hon a
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bugini |
heke |
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| 2. -a |
| huiŋ
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small |
huiŋ-a |
‘smallness’ |
| maraŋ
|
‘big’ |
maraŋ-a |
‘bigness’ |
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| 3-ni |
| phui
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‘white’ |
phui-ni
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‘white’ |
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4.1.3.
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Pronouns
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Pronouns may be included under simple nouns which
are used in the place of proper nouns. The pronouns
may be classified into three: first person pronoun,
second person pronoun and third person pronoun. The
number of each pronoun may be three : singular number,
dual number and plural number. Further, first person
dual pronoun and plural pronoun may be exclusive or
inclusive. Third person singular pronoun may be divided
into human and non-human. No pronoun is marked gender
distinction. The classsification of pronouns may be
seen in the chart given below: |
