Language: | Nahuatl (North Puebla) |
Feature: | Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht |
Value: | Binary politeness distinction |
mo- |
2nd sg. hon. |
- bound subject prefixes have a 2nd sg/pl polite form -mo which is identical with the reflexive marker –mo |
mo- |
2nd pl. hon. |
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name'wa-n-ci-cin |
2nd pl. hon. |
- 2nd pl polite indpendent pronoun; attached are a plural affix -n, the reduplicated honorific affix -ci, and -cin |
te |
2nd sg. hon. |
- the uspecific object pronoun te- is used as a 2nd person sg/pl polite object prefix |
te'wa-cin |
2nd sg. hon. |
- this is the 2nd sg free pro plus a honorific marker -cin; - the 2nd person sg free pro te'wa-tl is identical with the 1st pl free pro, except that this form te'wa-n has a plural marker attached |