| be:ţagaţţa:yi |
‘female |
be:ţagaţţa:sika |
‘female |
|
hunter’ |
|
hunters’ |
|
4.2.3.3
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Feminine nouns derived from masculine nouns by the addition of the free ayya ‘woman’, ‘mother’ form the plural like the simple nouns.
|
 alarigaţţasi
ayya |
‘broker’s
wife/mother’ |
|
alarigaţţasi
ayyasika |
‘broker’s
wives/mothers’ |
|
|
| be:ţagaţţasi
ayya |
‘hunter’s
wife/mother’ |
| be:ţagaţţasi
ayyaska |
‘hunter’s
wives/mothers’ |
|
4.2.3.4
|
Feminine nouns derived from masculine nouns by the change of final vowel to
-i form the plural like the simple nouns by adding -ska (cf.
4.6.1.)
|
| ka:ŋi |
‘blind woman’ |
| ka: ŋiska |
‘blind women’ |
|
|
| totli |
‘woman who stammers’ |
| totliska |
‘women who stammer’ |
|
4.2.3.5
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Exceptions to all the above classes are
|
| ma:ńga |
‘daughter’ |
ma:ska |
‘daughters’ |
| durŗhi |
‘old woman’ |
brŗi:ska |
‘old women’ |
|
in which there are changes in the
stem when the plural suffix is added.
|
4.2.4
|
Neuter noun which have the
syllabic structure (C1) V1: C2V2
where C2 is y, drop C2V2
and suffix- ´ga.
|
| u:yu |
‘meat’ |
u:ńga |
‘meat’ |
| pu:yu |
‘flower’ |
pu:ńga |
‘flowers’ |
| ka:yu |
‘raw fruit’ |
ka: ga |
‘fruits’ |
|
ka:yu has a
variant ka:ya which takes -hvâ
as the plural suffix. The form ka:yahaâ
occurs less fre quently than ka:nga.
|
4.2.4.1
|
Neuter nouns with the syllabic
structure (C1) Vá:C2C2V2
where -C2 is a palatal, drop C2C2V2
and suffix-ska.
|
| ra:ccu |
‘snake' |
ra:ska |
‘snakes’ |
| koyyu |
‘fowl’ |
koska |
‘fowls’ |
| keyyu |
‘hand’ |
keska |
‘hands’ |
|
4.2.4.2
|
Neuter nouns with the syllabic
structure (C1) VC2C2V2
where C2 is 1, m, drop -C2V2
and suffix- ka |
| illu1 |
‘house’ |
ilka |
‘houses’ |
| pallu |
‘tooth’ |
palka |
‘teeth’ |
| valli |
stone’ |
valka |
stones’ |
| kommu |
‘horn’ |
komka |
‘horns’ |
|
ommu |
‘bone’ |
omka |
‘bones’ |
|
4.2.4.3
|
In neuter nouns with the
syllabic structure (C1)V1:C2V2
, where C2 is 1, r, ŗ,
-C2V2 is dropped and
-ka is suffixed. |
| to:lu |
‘skin’ |
to:lka |
‘skins’ |
| ho:ru |
‘hill’ |
ho:rka |
‘hills’ |
| lo:rŗu |
‘cockroach’ |
lo:rŗka |
‘cockroaches’ |
|
4.2.4.4
|
Nouns of the syllabic structure (C1)V1NC2V2
, where N stands for any nasal, C2 for the homor ganic
voiced stop or affricate, drop NC2 which is replaced
by the corresponding voiceless stop or sibilant and -ka is suffixed.
|
| ambu |
‘arrow’ |
apka |
‘arrows’ |
| kundu |
‘mushroom’ |
kutka |
‘mushrooms’ |
| vanju |
‘finger’ |
vaska |
‘fingers’ |
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