so
byo-k la
1 2 3
4 |
‘he is a boy’
1 4 3 2 |
sa
mole-k la
1 2 3
4 |
‘she is a girl’
1 4 3 2 |
so
i:go-k
la
1 2
3 |
‘he is tall’
1 3 2 |
sa
i:gi-k
la
1 2
3 |
‘she is tall’
1 3 2 |
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The singular suffix gives the sense of ‘some’ as in the following
sentence.
vya a:pe-k a Re ‘bring some water’
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2.1.2.2.
Dual:
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The
dual suffix is hoyo in Brokska
cihoyosa
vya pye
1 2
3 4 |
‘you
both drink water’
1 2
4 3 |
cihoyosa
tes
behye
1 2 3
4 |
‘you both plough the field’
1
2 3
4 |
cihoyosa
kRumkRmuye
1 2
3 |
‘you both work’
1 2
3 |
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2.1.2.3.
Plural:
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The
plural marker has three allomorphs -i, -yo and -da.
-da occurs with kinship terms.
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ba:yo-da |
‘brothers’ |
bo-da |
‘fathers' |
a:ye-da |
‘mothers’ |
mu:mo-da |
'uncles’ |
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-i
occurs with the nouns ending in a consonant.
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kankan-i |
‘legs’ |
qa:l-i |
‘cheeks’ |
i-i |
‘heads’ |
bun-i |
‘village’ |
got-i |
‘houses’ |
kita:p-i |
‘books’ |
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-yo
occurs with the nouns ending in a vowel. |
kutti-yo
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‘feet’ |
go:li-yo |
‘cows’ |
sina-yo |
‘children’ |
zo-yo |
‘bulls(yak)’ |
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2.1.1.2.
Reminine: |
lumkhan-ma
dzemkhan-ma
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‘singer’
‘dancer’ |
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The
adjectives mark the gender and number of the noun morphologically.
As noted above, the nouns are marked only for number and not for
gender. There are three distinct gender markers for the four gender
number classes, viz., masculine singular, feminine singular, masculine
plural and feminine plural. The markers for these four classes respectively
are -o, -i, -e and -i. Since there are not separate suffixes for
singular and plural, it may be said, that the feminine nouns do
not make number distinction as it is found in the masculine nouns.
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2.1.2.4.
Masculine Singular: -o |
bo:n-o
ba:yo |
‘elder
brother’ |
ta:l-o
byo |
‘handsome
boy’ |
noR-o
mu |
‘good
man’ |
bo:n-o
got |
‘big
house’ |
i:g-o
mu |
‘tall
man’ |
kyon-o
zo |
‘black
bullock’ |
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2.1.2.4.
Masculine Plural: -o |
bo:n-e
ba:yoda |
'elder
brothers' |
noR-e
mui |
'good
men' |
bo:n-e
goti |
'big
houses |
kyon-e
zoyo |
'black
bullocks' |
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2.1.2.6.
Feminine Singular and Plural: |
sen-i
ga:di |
‘small
cart’ |
noR-i
mole |
‘good
girl’ |
ta:l-i
mole |
‘beautiful
girl’ |
bo:n-i
sa:s |
‘elder
sister’ |
noR-i
moleyo |
‘good
girls’ |
ta:l-i
moleyo |
‘beautiful
girls’ |
kyon-i
ceyi |
‘black
birds’ |
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