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5. |
ayi1
modo ka-pi-ta2
vu- ie3
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the ones (excl. pl.)
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who taught2
me1 have come3
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{
i
}2 |
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6. |
ayi1
modo ka-pi-hi)-
{ sü }
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vu-ie
3 |
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{
*O } |
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the
teachers (du.) |
who taught2
me1 have come3
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{
i
}2 |
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7. |
ayi1
modo ka-pi-khru- { sü
} |
vu-ie
3 |
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{
*O } |
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the
teachers (incl. pl.) who |
taught2
me1 have come
3 |
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Nominal(ized) participles need not be tensed, adnominal
participles typically are, as mentioned earlier. That tense is not necessary
is a structural attribute that nominal(ized) participles share with deverbal
adjectives. Participial Nominalisation, tensed or nontensed, is very
productive in Mao. For instance, typically, agent nouns are participial
nouns.
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598 |
osa de |
‘to weave’ |
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osa ka-de-müi |
‘weavers’ |
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osa ka-de-o |
‘male weaver’ |
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osa ka-de-püi
|
‘female weaver’ |
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{
hi } |
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osa-ka-de-hi)
{i
} |
‘weavers (du)’ |
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{
sü } |
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{
*O } |
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{
hi } |
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osa-ka-de-khru-
{i
} |
‘weavers (incl. pl.)’ |
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{
sü } |
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{
*O } |
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osa-ka-de-ta
|
‘weavers (excl. pl.)’ |
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In the following, only
nominalization by the agentive suffix -müi is shown. Each of them can be
nominalized by the number and number-gender markers, like the illustration
above. Note that nominalization follows participialization.
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599 |
1. |
osa torü |
‘to tailor (clothes) |
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osa a-torü-müi
‘tailor’ |
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2. |
khu |
‘to look after ; tend’ |
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otu-ko-khu-müi
|
‘cowherd’ |
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|
kolab ko-ku-müi
|
‘shepherd’ |
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3 |
oso ho |
‘to hunt (animals)’ |
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osoko-ho-müi |
‘hunter’ |
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4. |
osa da |
‘to butcher
(animals)’ |
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|
oso ka-da-müi
|
‘butcher’ |
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5. |
pfü |
‘to carry on back’ |
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|
odzü ko-pfü-müi
|
‘water carrier’ |
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6. |
de |
‘to hack (as wood)’ |
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osü ka-de-müi |
‘wood hacker’ |
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7. |
zhü |
‘to sell’ |
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|
hobu
ko-zhü-müi |
‘rice seller’ |
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8. |
hrü |
‘to buy’ |
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hobu
ko-hrü-müi |
‘rice buyer’ |
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9. |
topri so |
‘to do gardening’ |
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|
topri ko-so-müi
|
‘gardener’ |
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10. |
vü |
‘to sweep’ |
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|
ocü ko-vü-müi
|
‘house-sweeper’ |
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11. |
pe |
‘to speak’ |
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|
ka-pe-müi |
‘speaker’ |
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12. |
so |
‘to do’ |
| |
|
ovo ko-so-müi
|
‘doer ; worker’ |
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13. |
olo so/zho
|
‘to sing’ |
| |
|
olo ko-so-müi
} |
|
| |
|
olo ko-zho-müi
} |
‘singer’ |
| |
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14. |
soha
|
‘to kill’ |
| |
|
so-ka-ha-müi
|
‘killer ; murder’ |
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Although the nominal(ized) participle need not be tensed,
it could be ; past tense is marked by -o/ -lo added
to the participializer -ko, future tense by
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Onia (1978:6) has osa torü-müi ‘tailor’ which
is a case of nominalization before participialization and
hence incorrect.
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