More on Nimrina
From: | Herman Miller <hmiller@...> |
Date: | Thursday, September 14, 2006, 3:49 |
Not much to add, but since the list has been pretty quiet, here's some
more Nimrina.
Nouns
pávia a tail
apávia tails (reduplication of initial vowel)
páviat the tail
tapávia the tails
paviamu my tail
paviáti your tail
paviatta his, her, its tail
Basic verb conjugations
Regular intransitive
uhla- sleep
uhlan I sleep (slept, etc.) < uhla-n
uhlis you sleep < uhla-is
uhlat he, she, it sleeps < uhla-t
vuhla we sleep < v-uhla-a
uhles you sleep (pl.) < uhla-es
uhla they sleep < uhla-e
uhlo sleeping, sleeper < uhla-o
uhlas sleep, to sleep < uhla-s
Regular transitive
súv- eat
súvú I eat < súv-hú
súvis you eat < súv-is
súst he, she, it eats < súv-t
súva we eat < v-súv-a
súves you eat (pl.) < súv-es
súvut they eat < súv-ut
sasúvat eaten, food < redupl. + súv-at
súvo eating, eater < súv-o
súst act of eating, to eat < súv-t