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22 and 23 puru 'leg' purui- 'to run (away)' (from puru + i to move away) puruma- 'to run towards' (from puru + ma to move towards) Puruisa samoote run-go-PST-3sg mountain-OBL 'He ran (away from here) to the mountain' paki- 'to ascend, go up' peema- 'to ascend, come up' Peemarea samoote nuuse ascend...

20th sasap 'a type of grain' (likely a loan: a number of nouns of the form CVCV-C with an initial reduplicated syllable and final stop appear, but nowhere else in the language) sasapatsi 'an ear of grain' nanzasap 'field for growing grain ( nan 'place, house' + sasap ) panzuma 'table, flat surface'...

18 & 19 teni hand mtan- to hold (with OBL), to grab, snatch (with ACC) saripa feather pukohu bird Mtanga poora sariapin pukohu hold-IMPF-3sg father feather-GEN.OBL bird '(Your) father is holding the bird’s feather' Mtanzoa poora saripa ni pukohu hold-PST-3sg-3sg father feather GEN bird '(Your) fath...

17 Inspired by Spanick's kinship terms... ama 'mother' (one's own) apa 'father' (one's own) apuna 'mother' (someone else's) poora 'father' (someone else's) kutsipi 'child' (one's offspring) kiri 'child' (young person) surim- (suriung- suriunr- suriunz-) 'to play, have fun' nandanosa 'park, flower g...

Again interesting [:)] I am not sure yet, if I am fully convinced by the associative-as-inclusive story, but maybe it makes sense because it is an atypical inclusive marker. I feel it somehow makes the hearer an associate of speaker, like starting a sentence with 'between you and me'. A minor quest...

16 sunha 'dog' (OBL: suanhe) pik- 'to sting, scratch' (IMP: pii- PST: piks- IRR: pikr- ) pingipi ' mosquito' (possibly onomatopoeic with influence from pik-) (OBL: pingiipe) Pikrauk pingipi omuitse /piˈkrauk piŋˈgipi omuˈitse/ sting-IRR-3sg-2sg mosquito river-OBL 'Mosquitoes will sting you at the r...

The post was definitely an interesting read. I like how nunber is not just a monolithic noun feature. Also the demonstratives nicely "solve" both plural marking on obliques and 3>3 scenarios. Thanks! I'm glad someone is enjoying it, and thank you for the thoughtful questions. [:D] More on Plurals a...

15 wamo 'river' (OBL: wamawe , -o stem with -awe OBL. Probably from earlier *wamaw) kiso 'people' (OBL: ksame , -o stem with -ame OBL. Probably from earlier *kisam). May take singular or plural agreement on the verb. Sapsinea kiso samatu harae sapsoan kiso wamawe see-PST-1sg-3sg people mountain tha...

Salmoneus wrote: ↑12 Dec 2020 21:19

Thank you for the informative reply! That helps a lot.

Weekly Wrap Up Like Week 1, I'm just gonna give some appreciative comments to everyone who participated in Week 2 (by order of first participation). I'm a bit strapped for time because I had a test earlier today, so I apologize if I missed someone or if my comments seem a bit rushed. Thank you for ...

I like the general quirkiness of the verbal agreement system. Also, thumbs up for number marking only through polypersonal affixes. I would love to hear more about this. How do you mark plural on obliques for example? Thanks! Hopefully this post will give you an idea how plural marking works. Adjus...

Some languages have restrictions on pro drop, e.g. in a 3sg on 3sg scenario, only the object pronoun can be dropped. Other languages just tolerate similar ambiguities, but have a default way of interpreting such sentences. Thanks! Do you happen to know any languages in particular which do this type...

12 Hakuan: psoa /'psoa/ 'air, atmosphere' (OBL: psawe) psoenuki /psoe'nuki/ 'mist, fog' (psoa 'air' + inuki 'heavy') (OBL: psoenuike) tsup- 'to pour' (Inflectional stems: tsuik-, tsups-, tsupr-) kundara /kun'dara/ 'cup' Tsupsina simua kundahare /tsu'psina si'mua kunda'hare/ Pour-PST-1sg-3sg water c...

I have realised in Hakuan the following "problem": When both agent and patient are 3rd person, and one is pronominal, it is impossible to retrieve which one is the A and which the P. Although both arguments are marked on the verb, they don't have separate A/P forms to distinguish. For example: saps-...

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Hakuan:

samatu /sa'matu/ mountain (ADV: samoote)

sandutsi /san'dutsi/ hill (samatu + tsi 'DIM, with elision). (ADV: sanduitse)

I'm also enjoying this! Although I did not get the impression of African languages. My first thought was that it reminded me of some Latin American languages. I particularly like the evidentiality distinction in the past.

That looks really nice [:)] Thanks! Taking this one slowly and without a particular direction in mind is working quite well so far it seems. I really like this! The initial /m̩/ and the combination of a simple phoneme inventory and complex morphophonology reminds me a lot of Yimas. Thanks! I didn't...

10th Fell off the wagon, but some words are better than no words I suppose! Hakuan trap- 'to play music' Inflectional forms: PROG trookin , PST: trapsin , IRR: traprin ) trapua music (trap- + ua 'NMLZ suffix') nindara 'stringed instrument, lute' ADV form: nindahare pumba 'drum' ADV form: puambe tak...

3rd kam- 'to eat' Inflectional Stem: kaún- (kaúngin, kaúnzin, kaúnrin) kamua 'food' ( kam + ua 'NMLZ') Kaunrisina kamua nuúse /kaunri'sina kamˈua nuˈuse/ eat-IRR-PST-1sg-3sg food night-ADV 'I would have eaten the food at night' sim- 'to drink' Inflectional Stem: siún- (siúngin, siúnzin, siúnrin) si...

Nouns and Noun Phrases: The Adverbial Case Nouns are distinguished from verbs by their relative lack of inflectional morphology. Case, number, gender, etc. are not marked on the noun. Instead they are either absent, marked on the verb, or marked via other means such as particles and independent wor...