Re: Plural prefix?
| From: | H. S. Teoh <hsteoh@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, February 5, 2004, 17:05 |
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On Wed, Feb 04, 2004 at 09:12:00PM -0500, Trebor Jung wrote:
> Merhaba!
>
> I've got ANOTHER question... Are there any languages that pluralize
> (e.g.) nouns with prefixes?
[snip]
Ebisedian is one. Plural number is marked by the prefix _3-_, whilst
nullar number is marked by the prefix _my'-_. The Tamahi equivalents are
_h3-_ and _mi'_, respectively.
Some examples:
Ebisedian Tamahi
Singular biz3tai' [biz@\ta"?i] bistai' [bIs"taj]
Plural 3biz3tai' [?@\biz@\ta"?i] h3bistai' [h@\bIs"taj]
Nullar my'biz3tai ["mybiz@\ta?i] mi'bistai ["mibIstaj]
Singular ky'ri ["kyr`i] ki'ri ["kir`I]
Plural 3kyroi' [?@\kyr`o"?i] h3kiroi' [h@\ki"roI]
Nullar my'kyri ["mykir`i] mi'kiri ["mikIr`I]
Singular jhiti' [Zi"ti] ti' ["ti]
Plural 3jhiti' [?@\Zi"ti] h3sti' [h@\s"ti]
Nullar my'jhiti ["myZiti] mi'sti ["mistI]
Don't know about natlangs, though. :-)
T
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