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Inanimate nouns

ėput
foam
adķ
hill
įru
hole

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.

Vb stem
if v:
inf..
to write
writing
writer
nam
nanė
to bear
giving birth
birth
lśnam
lśtad
to say
saying
introduction
dśnam
k
to sit
sitting
seat, page
to read
reading
one who reads (student)

1.1. Gender
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.

masc
fem
mil
ane
man
mother
ab
father
women
mķltani
tani
male human being
female human being
k
boy
girl
igmag-b
ignė
brother-in-law
sister-in-law
rśtum
rśtum
master
mistress
bļr
brother
sister
pįgb
pįnė
male slave
female slave

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.
Example

Stem
masc
fem
iki
ikikib or
ikikinė or
kibiki
kinėiki
dog
bitch
cock
hen

But some times the stems are not reduplicated and the gender distinction is maintained like human nous. Possibly it is a later addition.

masc
fem
gure
nėngure
horse
mare
téb
ténė
bull elephant
cow elephant
réb
rénė
horse
mare

 

 

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