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4. om ‘brother’s wife’ m
n m
mp m 		my brother’s wife
your brother’s wife
his brother’s wife
5. tsólv ‘daughter’ tsólv
nì tsólv
mp tslv 		my daugher
your daughter
his daughter
6. kà ‘sister’ kà
nkà
mp kà		 my sister
your sister
his sister
7. khè ‘hand’ khè
 nkhè
 mp khè 		my hand
your hand
his hand
8. óc ‘water’ c
n c
mp c 		my water
your water
his water
9. ló ‘stone’ ló
n ló
mp ló		 my stone
your stone
his stone
10. mì  ‘fire’ mì
 n mì
 mp mì 		my fire
your fire
his fire
Examples of nouns when followed by the gender marking words :
1. frò pó ‘male dog’ fr pó ‘male dog’
dog male
2. frò kyù ‘female dog’ frkyù ‘female dog’
dog female
3. hnò  pó ‘male hen’ hnpó ‘male hen’
hen male
4. frò p ‘female dog’ frp ‘female dog’

In the above examples, °póN, °kyù, °p«$ are gender marking words. List of words which take the Classifier -°.

1. pó father
2. ò mother
3. móts grandfather
4. ts grandmother
5. yò mother
6. tsóv daughter
7. rv daughter-in-law
8. nò daughter-in-law’s mother
9. mò daughter-in-law’s father
10. tá elder brother
11. ó younger brother
12. m brother’s wife
13. pórámò father’s brother (elder)
14. pórò father’s brother (younger)
15. m father-in-law
16. n mother-in-law
17. rì grand daughter
18. rápù husband
19. n husband’s sister’s husband
20. kà younger or elder sister
21. n son-in-law
22. m cobra
23. ò fish
24. f hide
25. lyùrò lamb
26. lyù sheep

 

 

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