| (25) |
lam: |
This
occurs with nouns denoting holes and certain openings
like door, window, etc.
|
blam
|
lam-sa
|
‘one
hole’
|
d galam
|
lam-sa
|
‘one
door’
|
|
|
|
|
|
(26)
|
lay:
|
This occurs
with the noun meaning leaf.
|
|
|
|
(27)
|
lEp:
|
This
occurs with the nouns meaning bread and yeast.
|
awan
|
l pca
|
‘one
bread’
|
|
cuwan
|
lpca
|
‘one
yeast’
|
|
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| 3.1.6.
Cases: |
| Kokborok has nine
distinct cases. They are (1) Nominative, (2)Accusative, (3)Dative,
(4) Instrumental, (5) Associative, (6) Locative, (7) Intrusive, (8)
Ablative and (9) Genitive. |
| These cases are differentiated
on the basis of the semantic relationship which the noun to which
they are added has with the verb (except the genitive where the noun
has semantic relationship with another noun) and not on the basis
of the form of the case-suffixes. The accusative and dative, instrumental
and associative, ablative and genitive have some suffixes, but these
six are classified into six distinct cases on the basis of meaning. |
| 3.1.6.1.
The nominative case is the case of the
surface subject of the verb and has no case-suffix. |
| Examples: |
|
bu-pha
|
ba ar-
|
th ag-
|
|
prom.pre.-father
|
market-to
.
|
go-pres
|
|
|
| ‘His father goes
to market’ |
|
a-ma
|
may-mwy
|
|
|
pron.pre.-mother
|
rice-vegetable
|
cook-pres.
|
|
|
| ‘My mother cooks
meal’. |
| 3.1.6.2. The accusative
case is the case of the direct object of the verb and is expressed
by the case suffix -n1
suffixed to the noun. |
| Examples: |
|
|
nihin-di
|
|
boy-to
|
call-imp.
|
|
|
| ‘Call the boy’ |
bµ-rµy-  hikla-rg-n1111111111
|
|
|
pron.pre.-girl-young-many-to
|
send-imp.
|
|
|
| ‘Send the young
girls’ |
| 3.1.6.3. The dative
case is the case of indirect object of the verb and is expressed by
-no2 ‘for, to’ suffixed to the noun. The direct object
does not add the case suffix when the indirect object in the same
sentence has the case suffix. |
r-di
