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The Associative Plural
Language:
Limbu
Feature:
The Associative Plural
by
Michael Daniel
and
Edith Moravcsik
Value:
Associative same as additive plural
Examples
Sentence igt-1753:
Prabhu Raˑm - haʔ khεtthoˑ yaˑmbɔk mε - dzoˑg - u
Prabhu
Prabhu
Raˑm
Rām
-
-
haʔ
pl
khεtthoˑ
up.there
yaˑmbɔk
work
mε
ns
as
-
-
dzoˑg
do
-
-
u
3p
Prabhu Ram and those like him (viz. his colleagues) work up there
Sentence igt-1754:
sarumba - haʔ mε - beˑk eˑʔyaŋba mε - yaˑk.
sarumba
second.born.son
-
-
haʔ
pl
mε
ns
as
-
-
beˑk
go
eˑʔyaŋba
other
mε
ns
as
-
-
yaˑk.
be
The second-born [son] and crew will go. Everybody else will stick around.
Sentence igt-1755:
məna - haʔ
məna
man
-
-
haʔ
pl
men
References
van Driem 1987
cite
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