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Verbal Number and Suppletion
Language:
Mupun
Feature:
Verbal Number and Suppletion
by
Ljuba N. Veselinova
Value:
Singular-plural pairs, no suppletion
Examples
Sentence igt-20:
n-tu joos b . n-tue joos (mo)
n-tu
1.
sg
-
joos
kill.
sg
b
rat
.
1.
sg
-
n-tue
kill.
pl
joos
rat
(mo)
(
pl
)
‘I killed a rat.’ ‘I killed rats.’
Sentence igt-887:
cit
cit
hit.sg.action
‘hit’
Sentence igt-888:
nás
nás
hit.pl.action
‘hit’
Sentence igt-889:
ɖen
ɖen
put.sg.action
’put’
Sentence igt-890:
lé
lé
put.pl.action
’put’
Sentence igt-891:
tá
tá
fall.sg.action
’fall’
Sentence igt-892:
ɖóŋ
ɖóŋ
fall.pl.action
’fall’
Sentence igt-1158:
pūt ' go out. SG.ACTION'
pūt
pú< á >t
' go out. SG.ACTION'
' go.out< pl.action > '
b. tù ' kill. SG.ACTION '
Sentence igt-1159:
tù- é ' kill- pl.action '
c.
tù- é
cīt
' kill- pl.action '
' beat.
sg
.ACTION '
nás ' beat. PL.ACTION '
Sentence igt-2202:
*wu cit mo
*wu
*3.
sg
.
m
cit
hit.
sg
mo
3.
pl
*'He hit them.'
Sentence igt-2203:
wu nás war
wu
3.
sg
nás
hit.
pl
war
3.
sg
.
f
He hit her many times.
References
Frajzyngier 1993
cite
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