| Inanimate nouns
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ėput
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foam
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adķ
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hill
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įru
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hole
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1.0.2 Derived nouns :
These are differentiated form all others in that, they are formed
by suffixing /nė/, /-k /
/-tad/ to the infinitive form of the verb. It may be considered as
a separate class of nouns on both morphological and syntactical axes
in that, on the morphological axis it can take case and, some times,
number markers and, on syntactic axis, it can be the nucleus of a
NP. |
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Vb stem
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if v:
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inf..
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to write
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writing
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writer
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nam
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nanė
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to bear
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giving birth
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birth
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lś
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lśnam
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lśtad
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to say
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saying
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introduction
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dś
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dśnam
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dśk
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to sit
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sitting
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seat, page
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to read
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reading
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one who reads (student)
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| 1.1. Gender
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| is natural. Mising nouns
are distinguished for two genders, viz., masculine and feminine. |
| 1. Human nouns are
distinguished for gender either lexically or by suffixation / prefixation.
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masc
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fem
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mil
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ane
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man
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mother
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ab
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nė
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father
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women
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mķltani
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nétani
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male human being
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female human being
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k
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boy
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girl
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igmag-b
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ignė
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brother-in-law
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sister-in-law
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rśtum
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rśtum
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master
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mistress
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bļr
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brother
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sister
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pįgb
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pįnė
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male slave
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female slave
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| 2. In order to distinguish
gender with non-human animate class of nouns, a partial reduplication
of the nouns, a partial reduplication of the noun root is employed.
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| Example
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Stem
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masc
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fem
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iki
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ikikib
or
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ikikinė or
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kibiki
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kinėiki
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dog
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bitch
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cock
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hen
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| But some times the stems
are not reduplicated and the gender distinction is maintained like
human nous. Possibly it is a later addition. |
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masc
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fem
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gure
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nėngure
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horse
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mare
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téb
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ténė
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bull elephant
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cow elephant
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réb
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rénė
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horse
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mare
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