| 3.5.2. Plural |
| Two classes are identified among the plurals. They are human plural and common plural. The markers identified are -m, -ar and -r for the human plural and -ga and -a:r for the common plural. |
| 3.5.2.1. Human Plural |
| {-m} |
 -m, -ar, -r |
| 3.5.2.1.1. -m- occurs with the oblique bases na-, ni- and ta-, the first person primary stem na:-, second person ni:- and the reflexive pronoun ta:- |
| na-m-kku (5.19) |
> |
namukku |
‘to us’ |
| na-m-a (5.18) |
> |
namma |
‘our’ |
| na-m-an-dara |
> |
namandara |
‘by us’ |
na-m-o: ukku (5.18) |
> |
nammo:ukku |
‘with us’ |
| ni-m-a (5.18) |
> |
nimma |
‘you’ |
| ni-m-kku (5.19) |
> |
nimukku |
‘to you’ (pl.) |
| ni-m-an-dara |
> |
nimandara |
‘by you’ (pl.) |
| ni-m-o:ukku (5.18) |
> |
nimmoukku |
‘with you’ (pl.) |
| ta-m-a (5.18) |
> |
tamma |
‘themselves’ |
| ta-m-kku (5.19) |
> |
tamukku |
‘to themselves’ |
| ta-m-an-dara |
> |
tamandara |
‘by themselves’ |
| ta-m-o:ukku (5.18) |
> |
tammo:ukku |
‘with themselves’ |
| na:-m (5.19) |
> |
na:mu |
‘we’ |
| na:-ma-a: |
> |
na:ma: |
‘are we?’ |
| ni:-m (5.19) |
> |
ni:mu |
‘you’ (pl.) |
| ta:-m (5.19) |
> |
ta:mu |
‘themselves’ |
| 3.5.2.1.2 -ar occurs with the stems av- (3.1.2.1.1.1) iv- (3.1.2.1.2.1.) and ev- (3.1.2.2.1.) |
| av-ar (5.19) |
> |
avaru |
‘they’ (remote) |
| iv-ar (5.19) |
> |
ivaru |
‘they’ (proximate) |
| ev-ar (5.19) |
> |
evaru |
‘who’ |
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