| 132 |
a. |
ota |
kata-müi-pfo |
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*b |
ota |
kata-pfo |
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c |
ota |
kata-müi-pfü |
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*d |
ota |
kata-pfü |
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| 133 |
a. |
modo |
kapi-müi-pfo-[sü] |
| |
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*b |
modo |
kapi-pfo-[sü] |
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*c |
modo |
kapi-pfü-[sü] |
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Note the presence of the individuator -sü mamkes
no difference in the third set of examples as it is the
exclusive gender markers -pfo and -pfü
which seek to nominate the participle and not the individuator
clitic. |
pfo  o
and nieo,
the human masculine and feminine generic gender words.
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[b]
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A few speakers allowed relative
participles nominalized by the gender markers. |
| modo kapipfo |
‘male teacher[s]’ |
| |
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| modo kapipfü |
‘female teacher[s]’ |
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|
o ho
kase-pfo |
‘male paddy-pounder[s]’ |
| |
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| oho
kase-pfü |
‘female paddy-pounder[s]’ |
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This grammar does not seek to explain
variability in native speaker judgement.Note that, unlike typical Mao Naga
attributes
these generic gender words precede rather than follow the head noun.
Further, these are not preferred as they are round-about modes of
expression.
|
Nonhuman animate
common gender :
unmarked.
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| 137
|
ozhu |
‘mithun; yak [male
and/or female]’ |
| |
|
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| 138 |
otu
|
‘domestic ruminant
bovine [male and/or female]’ |
| |
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| 139 |
ovo |
‘pig [male and/or
female]’ |
| |
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| 140 |
osi |
‘dog [male and/or
female]’ |
| |
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| 141 |
oho |
‘domestic fowl [male
and/or female]’ |
| |
|
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| 142 |
okhe |
‘tiger [male and/or
female]’ |
| |
|
|
| 143 |
ova
|
‘monkey [male and/or
female]’ |
| |
|
|
| 144
|
okhro |
‘kind of deer [male
and/or female]’ |
| |
|
|
| 145 |
cukhri
|
‘sparrow [male and/or
female]’ |
| |
|
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| 146 |
makhrie |
‘dove [male and/or
female]’ |
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Nonhuman male bovine quadruped
|
phodu
|
| 147 |
|
otu |
|
‘domestic ruminant
bovine’ |
| |
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|
otu1 |
phodu2
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a.
|
‘male2
|
domestic ruminant
bovine1; |
bull[ock]’ |
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| 148 |
|
cohć |
‘buffalo’ |
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|
a. |
coha1 |
phodu2 |
‘male2
buffalo1 |
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| 149 |
|
ozhu |
phodu2 |
mithun , bos
frontalis ; yak |
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a. |
ozhu1 |
phodu2 |
‘male2
mithun / yak1
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Nonhuman male nonbovine nonruminant : khelo
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