| 13. |
duka1
(he)-püi/po2
-no3 |
from3
(the) direction of 2
(the) shop 1
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| 14. |
dimaapur
1 (he)-püi/po2
-no3 |
from3
(the) direction of 2
Dimapur 1 |
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| 15. |
puhe-no
|
from near (nearest,
adjacent) |
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| 16. |
kahi hi-no
|
from near |
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| 17
|
hebvo he-no |
from near (next nearest) |
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| 18
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he-no |
from near (third nearest) |
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| 19. |
larücü puhe-no
|
from near (the) school
(nearest) |
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kah*-he-no |
from
near (the) school |
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hebve he-no |
from near (the)
school (next nearest) |
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he-no |
from near the school
(the farthest of the lot) |
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Notice the behavior of -li ending homonyms : they do not
take he ‘near’ because li, the locative
case marker is a frozen part of the word.
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503 |
{ imeli-no
} |
|
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{ *imeli heno
} |
‘from Mao’ |
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{*khiboli no }
|
‘from Kohima’ |
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{*khiboli heno} |
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{mikrüli-no
} |
‘from Imphal’ |
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{ *mikrü he-no} |
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| but |
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| imeli1
puhe2 -no3 |
from3
very near2 Mao1
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| kahi)1
he2 -no3 |
from3
near2 Mao1
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| hebve1
he2 -no3
|
from nearMao |
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(nearest / next to
puhe-no) |
| opra |
‘in front’ |
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504 |
ni1 cü2
pra3 he4 -no5 |
from5 (the) near4
-front of 3 your
1 house2
2 3 |
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ni cü pra li-no |
‘from the front of your house’ |
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ni cü pra püi/po-no |
‘from the direction of the front of your house’ |
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23.
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phrases under 504 and 505 are difficult to translate into English.
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505 |
okhru |
under |
|
ozü1
khru2 -li-no3
|
from4
under2 (the)
cot1 |
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ozü1
khru 2 he3
-no4 |
from4
under2 near3
(the) cot1 |
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ozü1
khru2 po/püi3
-no4 |
from4
the direction of 3
under2 the cot1
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The Ablative of Time
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The ablative
of time is marked by he-no for -cü ending
nouns and by -no for other nouns.
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506 |
1. |
baji cü
he-no |
‘since 10 o’clock’ |
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2. |
cü hiu-no
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‘since morning’ |
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3. |
mozhal opfü-no
|
‘since October’ |
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4. |
ideko-no
|
‘since last year’ |
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5. |
izho-no |
‘since/from today’ |
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6. |
ico-no |
‘from now’ |
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The Ablative of person
|
The ablative
of person is marked by he-no, as should be obvious.
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507 |
1. |
omüi1
he-no2bii·i3kali4kolio5
|
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|
ask(from)2(the)man1for
a4 beedi3
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2. |
modokapina1
he2 -i3
-no2 larübvü4
-i5
kohio6 |
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|
Ask6
(from)2 the3
teacher1 for6
the5 book(s)4
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3. |
ai1
omüi2 he3
-hi4-no3
|
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|
I1
asked6 (from)3
the4 man2
(the) way5 |
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Still more abstract sources (eg.
of state) as in an English sentence like
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| ‘he grew from a flippant boy
into a responsible adult’ |
are not expressed in terms of
the ablative.
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3.3.7.7.
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The Sociative
|
The
sociative indicates a social getting together of the referents
of two or more animate NP’s. Realised with nonstative verbs,
it is expressed by the postposition aku-o ‘together
with’ when the two participants are equally important notionally
and are doing the same activity - a true sociative :
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| 508
|
1. |
vokrü-na-i1
volo-yi2 akuo3
ta-e 4 |
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|
the female pig1
is going4 with
3 (the) male
pig2 |
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