| (3) Animate
Nouns: mV- |
m -tay
|
‘god’
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m-sk
|
‘antelope’
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mu-sµy
|
‘deer’
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mi-chip
|
‘buffalo’
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‘stripes
on animal's body’
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| (4)
Inanimate :kV- |
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ki-chip
|
‘fan’
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k -cha
|
‘wound’
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k-thr
|
‘hailstones’
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ku-way
|
‘arecanut’
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ku-tu
|
‘heat’
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| 3.1.2.2.2.
The second type of polymorphemic nouns is formed by adding specific
nouns after the generic noun like the adjectives added to the noun.
These are all inanimate nouns. But these nouns do not take pronominal
prefix. In the examples given below, ha ‘earth or soil’,
and yak ‘limb’ are the generic nouns followed by specific
nouns. |
| Examples: |
|
ha-cµk
|
ya-si
|
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‘high
earth i.e., mountain
|
‘finger
of the limb’
|
ha-pu
|
ya-sku
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‘low
earth, i.e., ditch
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‘finger
nail of the limb’
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ha-kr
|
ya-sku
|
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‘hollow
earth, i.e, cave’
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‘elbow
of limb’
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ha-ru
|
ya-pha
|
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‘palm
of the limb’ i.e.,
slope’
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‘earth
downwards,
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ha-duli
|
ya-ku
|
|
‘soil
that is in powder form
, i.e., dust’
|
‘lower
limb, i.e., leg’
|
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| some of the common
generic nouns are listed below: |
|
1.
|
a
|
‘fish’
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2.
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cibuk
|
‘snake’
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3.
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khum
|
‘flower’
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4.
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tk
|
‘bird’
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5.
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t y
|
‘water’
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6.
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thk
|
‘oil’
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7.
|
thay
|
‘fruit’
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8.
|
da
|
‘cutting
bill’
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9.
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nk
|
‘house’
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10.
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pha
|
‘tree’
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11.
|
yak
|
‘limb’
|
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12.
|
ra
|
‘money’
|
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13.
|
ri
|
‘cloth’
|
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14.
|
wa
|
‘bamboo’
|
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15.
|
ha
|
‘earth,
soil’
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