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366
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1. |
ai1
koli2
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only2
I1
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2. |
idu1
koli2
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only
2
yesterday1
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3. |
mikrüli1
koli2 |
only2
(to) Imphal1
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4. |
heni1
heno2
koli2
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only3
from2
Heni1
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*5. |
ocü
rü1
koli2
-e1
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it
only2
rained1
, (it did not shine)
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e
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‘only’ occurs with predicates |
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367. |
1. |
idu1
ocü rü2
se3
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it2
only3
rained2
yesterday1,
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(it
didn’t shine) |
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where
se = sü + e |
‘only’ |
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2. |
idu1
imeli2
ocü rü3
se4
|
it3
only4
rained3
in Mao2
and yesterday1
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(it
didn’t shine) |
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WORD
FORMATION
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As is characteristic of language,
there are two modes of word-formation
in Mao Naga: (morphological)
derivation and (lexical) compounding.
Root-creation is not touched
on.
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5.1.
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Derivation |
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Derivation is a morphological
process by which words are
derived from different word-classes
by affixation. What follows
is a panoramic overview of
derivqtion in Mao, which merely
gathers at one place what
is dispersed at variou spoints
in the grammar. A striking
fact about morphological derivation
in Mao is that, except compound
derivatives, words derive
only from verbs, not from
any other word-class. Abstract
nouns, and adverbs, are derived
by prefixation. Agentive nouns
i.e., participial nouns derive
by suffixation. Participial
adjectives and gerunds during
the course of their derivation
could undergo either prefixation
or suffixation. |
5.1.1.
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Prefixation |
5.1.1.1
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Abstract Nouns
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tacü
|
‘be
dificult’ |
a-tacü |
‘difficulty’ |
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molo |
‘be
easy’ |
a-molo
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‘easiness’ |
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sho
|
‘be
thick’ |
ko-sho
|
‘thickness’ |
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cüpfo
|
‘be
thin’ |
a-cüpfo
|
‘thinness’ |
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kru
|
‘be
old’ |
ko-kru |
‘oldness’ |
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(inanimates) |
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khri
‘be sour’ |
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‘ka-khri |
‘sourness’ |
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cüno |
‘be
low (in height) |
a-cüno
|
‘lowness’ |
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make
|
‘be
cold’ |
a-make
|
‘coldness’ |
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khro
|
‘be
hard’ |
ko-khro
|
‘hardness’ |
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pa
|
‘be
brown’ |
ko-pa
|
‘brownness’ |
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5.1.1.2.
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Adverbs |
| 369. |
zhü
|
‘be
good’ |
ma-zhü
|
‘well’ |
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so
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‘be
long’ |
mo-so
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‘long
(adv.)’ |
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