| d.
|
o ha
kase-müi-pfo |
‘male paddy-pounder[s]’ |
| |
|
|
| e.
|
osa kade-müi-pfo |
‘male weaver[s]’ |
| |
|
|
| f.
|
kati-müi-pfo |
‘male blackie[s]’ |
| |
|
|
| g.
|
japaan-müi-pfo |
‘male Japanese’ |
| |
|
|
| h.
|
kola-müi-pfo |
‘male plainsman’ |
| |
|
|
| i.
|
in·iya-müi-pfo |
‘male Indian’ |
|
-püi, the human feminine gender and specific
singular number marker.
|
| 117
|
a. |
modo kapi-püi |
‘female teacher [sg.]’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
b.
|
oho
kase-püi |
‘female paddy-pounder
[sg.]’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
c.
|
kasa-püi |
‘female friend [sg.]’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
d.
|
kati-püi |
‘female blackie [sg.]’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
e.
|
oja-püi |
‘female teacher [sg.]’ |
|
-pfü, the feminine gender marker. This does
not mark number.
|
| 118 |
a
|
modo kapi-müi-pfü |
‘female teacher[s]’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
b
|
mikrü-müi-pfü
|
‘female Meitei[s]’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
c.
|
duka-müi-pfü |
‘female shop-keepr[s]’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
d.
|
oho
kase-müi-pfü |
‘female paddy-pounder[s]’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
e.
|
osa kade-müi-pfü |
‘female weaver[s]’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
f.
|
kati-müi-pfü |
‘female blackie[s]’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
g.
|
kasa-müi-pfü |
‘female friend[s]’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
h.
|
japan-müi-pfü
|
‘female Japanese[s]’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
i.
|
kola-müi-pfü |
‘female plainsman/men’ |
| |
|
|
|
| |
j.
|
in·iya-müi-pfü
|
‘female Indian[s]’ |
|
-pfo and -pfü, which exclusively mark
gender are, however, not very common or productive. Both
can occur with their Number-Gender counterparts -na
and -püi, but not with -o.
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