Haruai
Possessed nouns table
| gloss | layer | 1 | 2 sg | 3 | 2 pl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| husband | lexeme | nöbö | nöbönaŋ | nöbönŋ | nöbönŋ |
| man's sister | lexeme | mölöw | nölöwnaŋ | nölöwnŋ | nölöwnŋ |
| mother | lexeme | mam | namnaŋ | nwömnŋ | nwömnŋ |
| husband | suffix | zero | naŋ | nŋ | nŋ |
| man's sister | suffix | zero | naŋ | nŋ | nŋ |
| mother | suffix | zero | naŋ | nŋ | nŋ |
| husband | stem | #stem | #stem | #stem | #stem |
| man's sister | stem | #stem1 | #stem2 | #stem2 | #stem2 |
| mother | stem | #stem1 | #stem2 | #stem3 | #stem3 |
Verbs table
| gloss | layer | 1 sg prs | 2 sg prs | 3 sg prs | 1 pl prs | 2 pl prs | 3 pl prs | 1 sg pst | 2 sg pst | 3 sg pst | 1 pl pst | 2 pl pst | 3 pl pst | 1 sg fut | 2 sg fut | 3 sg fut | 1 pl fut | 2 pl fut | 3 pl fut |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| hit | suffix | wl | wlö | w | wöl | wöy | wöy | wm | wmö | wöŋ | wmŋ | wm̃ | wm̃ | yn | ynö | yön | ynŋ | yöñ | yöñ |
| hit | lexeme | payna | paynŋa |
Haruai notes
Verbs
- The verb forms illustrated here contain the final declarative suffix -a.
Nouns
- Only kin terms take morphologically distinct possessed forms.
References
Comrie, Bernard. 1988. Haruai Verb Structure and Language Classification in the Upper Yuat. Language and Linguistics in Melanesia 17. 140-160.
Comrie, Bernard. 1993. Heads in grammatical theory. In Greville G. Corbett, and Norman M. Fraser and Scott McGlashan (eds) Heads in grammatical theory, pp. 36-43. Cambridge: CUP.
Comrie, Bernard & John Davies, in preparation. A grammar of Haruai.