teali composed of ole ‘?’ and kali ‘one’
marks a quantity-count or mass-of nonliquids.
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odzü teali
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‘some water’ |
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tel teali
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‘some oil’ |
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hayi teali |
‘some ricebeer’ |
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larübvü teali
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‘some books’ |
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cini teali
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‘some sugar’ |
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kehto teali
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‘some (cooked) rice’ |
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kocuko, kamüiko and teali may be either
partitive or holisti ie., they could signify all-inclusive
quantites like oko
or quantities which constitute parts of larger quantities
like kapoko. kapoko is a particularly partitive
quantifier.
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larübvü
kocuko/kamüiko/ |
‘some books(part
of a group or a whole teali group)’ |
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omüi
kocuko |
‘some
men/persons’ |
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odzü
kocuko |
‘some
water’ |
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larübvü
kocuko |
‘some
books’ |
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omüi
kapoko |
‘some
men/persons’ |
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odzü
kapoko |
‘some
water’ |
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larübvü
kapoko |
‘some
books’ |
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566.
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pajü |
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pajüko
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‘many
; much’ |
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pajükoso |
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kopro
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kopro(ko)so |
‘many
; much’ |
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koproko |
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pajü-ko signifies a greater quantity than
pajü and pajükoso a greater quantity than
pajüko. Similarly, kaproko signifies a
quantity greater than that signalled by kopoo and
koprokoso a greater quantity than koproko.
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pajü |
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larübvü
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pajüko |
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‘many books’ |
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pajükoso |
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pajü |
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pojüko |
‘many pigs’ |
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pajükoso |
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pajü |
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omüi
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pajüko |
‘many men’ |
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pajükoso |
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pajü |
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odzü
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pajüko |
‘much water’ |
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pajükoso |
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pajü |
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cini |
pajüko |
‘much sugar’ |
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pajükoso |
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pajü |
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kheto |
pajüko |
‘much cooked rice’ |
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pajükoso |
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kopro |
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larübvü |
koproko |
‘many books’ |
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koprokoso |
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kopro |
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ovo
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koproko |
‘many pigs’ |
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koprokoso |
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kopro |
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omüi |
koproko |
‘many persons’ |
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koprokoso |
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kopro |
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odzü |
koproko |
‘much water’ |
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koprokoso |
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kopro |
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cini
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koproko |
‘much sugar’ |
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koprokoso |
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kopro |
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kheto |
koproko |
‘much cooked rice’ |
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koprokoso
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