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377	a.	ni cümüi-hi	1.	your wife who is demonstrable
			2.	your current wife [?]

	b.	ni cümüi-i		‘your past wife’

	c.	ni cümüi-sü		‘your wife who is yet to be’

378	a.	izho vu-na-hi		‘this time’ vu being a numeral adverb’
	b.	ti vu-na- i }		‘this time [which is past]’
	c.	lo vu-na-i }
	d.	sü vu-na-sü }		‘time which is yet to come [next time]’
	e.	lo vu-na-sü }

379	a	kari vu-na-hi		‘first time [current]’
	b.	kari vu-na-i		‘first time [past]’
	c.	kari vu-na-sü		‘first time [future]’

380	a.	kaxi vu-na-hi		‘second time [current]’
	b.	kaxi vu-na-i		‘second time [past]’
	c.	kaxi vu-na-s*		‘second time [future]’

381	a.	caca vu-na-hi		‘eighth time [current]’
	b.	caca vu-na-i		‘eighth time [past]’
	c.	caca vu-na-sü		‘eighth time [future]’

382	a	ayi¹ modo kapio-hi²	1.	the one who is teaching¹ me² (my current teacher)
			2.	my teacher who is demonstrable or hereabouts’

	b.	ayi¹ modo kapio-i²	1.	the one who taught² me¹
			2.	the one who taught me and who is (not)
				teaching me now whom you also know’

	c.	ayi¹ modo kapio-sü²		‘the one who will teach² me¹


*Numerals can be individuated except,of course, the cardinal kali* ‘one’ :**

383	a.	hi-pongo-hi	‘the five demonstrable ones’
	b.	i-pongo-i	‘the five known ones’
	c.	sü-pongo-sü	‘the five unknown ones’

384	a.	hi-cüro-hi	‘the ten demonstrable ones’
	b.	i-cüro-i	‘the ten known ones’
	c.	sü-curo-sü	‘the ten unknown ones’

385	a.	hi-padi-hi	‘the five demonstrable ones’
	b.	i-padi-i	‘the five unknown ones’
	c.	sü-padi-sü	‘the five unknown ones’


		{ hi }
386	a.	*(i) oko kali- {i }	‘one story (individuated)’
		{ su }

		{ hi }
		(ii) oo-na- {i }
		{ sü }

		{ hi }
	b.	*(i) ocü kali- {i }	‘one house (individuated)’
		{ sü }

		{ hi }
		(ii) ocü na- {i }
		{ sü }

		{ hi }
	c.	(i) okhro kali- {i }	‘one month (individuated)’
		{ sü }

		{ hi }
		(ii) okhro-na- {i }
		{ sü }

3.3.5.

The Diminutive

The Diminutive suffix is

o, a truncated form of o

o ‘young one of animal’. Except when it forms part of a compound, it is unilaterally dependent on individuators but is remarkably unproductive, unlike the diminutive suffix in Angami.

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