Datapoint Nanai / The Associative Plural

Language:Nanai
Feature:The Associative Plural by Michael Daniel and Edith Moravcsik
Value:Associative same as additive plural

Notes

a.

polokto-ana

‘Polokto’s family, those who live with him’

 

b.

ideŋk-ēne

‘Idenke’s family, her companions, those who livetogether with her’, ‘Idenke and those with her’

 

c.

agānā

‘elder brother and those with him’ or ‘elderbrothers’

 

d.

andānā

‘friends’

 

another dialect:

 

e.

bata-naka

‘Bata and those with him’

 

f.

aki-naka

‘elder brother and those with him’

 

g.

eki-neke

‘elder sister and those with her’

 

h.

aga-sal

‘elder brothers’

 

i.

ege-sel

‘elder sisters’

 

 

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