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Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology
Language:
Nuaulu
Feature:
Prefixing vs. Suffixing in Inflectional Morphology
by
Matthew S. Dryer
Value:
Weakly prefixing
Examples
Sentence igt-958:
i -au-sipu api- a
i -au-sipu
3 sg -
caus
-get.down
api- a
thing- pl
She put down her things.
Sentence igt-959:
au we -topi
au
1sg
we -topi
1 sg.poss -hat
my hat
Sentence igt-960:
unu- e
unu- e
head- 3 sg.poss
his head
Sentence igt-3507:
arei-mo, wa-ni a-rime kuru- i
arei-mo,
this-
top
wa-ni
EXIST-
prox
a-rime
1pl
.
excl
-hold
kuru- i
tightly- 3 sg.obj
We are holding it tightly.
References
Bolton 1990
cite
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