Iatmul

Language

Iatmul

Family

Sepik

Ethnologue

ian

ISO

ian

glottolog_id

iatm1242

Verbs table

gloss	layer	dep	1 sg prs	2 sg m prs	2 sg f prs	3 sg m prs	3 sg f prs	1 pl prs	2 pl prs	3 pl prs	1 du prs	2 du prs	3 du prs	1 sg pst	2 sg m pst	2 sg f pst	3 sg m pst	3 sg f pst	1 pl pst	2 pl pst	3 pl pst	1 du pst	3 du pst
say	suffix 2	zero	wun	mi’n	nyi’n	di’	li’	ni’n	guk	di	li	bi’k	bi’k	wun	mi’n	nyi’n	di’	li’	ni’n	guk	di	li	bi’k
go	suffix 2	zero	wun	mi’n	nyi’n	di’	li’	ni’n	guk	di	li	bi’k	bi’k	wun	mi’n	nyi’n	di’	li’	ni’n	guk	di	li	bi’k
say	lexeme	waa	waawun	waami’n	waanyi’n	waadi’	waali’	waani’n	waaguk	waadi	waali	waabi’k	waabi’k	wawun	wami’n	wanyi’n	wadi’	wali’	wani’n	waguk	wadi	wali	wabi’k
go	lexeme	yika	yikawun	yikami’n	yikanyi’n	yikadi’	yikali’	yikani’n	yikaguk	yikadi	yikali	yikabi’k	yikabi’k	yiwun	yimi’n	yinyi’n	yidi’	yili’	yini’n	yiguk	yidi	yili	yibi’k
go	suffix 1	ka	ka	ka	ka	ka	ka	ka	ka	ka	ka	ka	ka	zero	zero	zero	zero	zero	zero	zero	zero	zero	zero
say	suffix 1	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	a	zero	zero	zero	zero	zero	zero	zero	zero	zero	zero

Iatuml notes

• Verb and noun inflection are in general quite regular, but there is some allomorphy in the verb system: one (lexically specified?) class of verbs with stems ending in CV that take a different form of the present tense suffix (found also in the dependent clause verb form). Most of the forms shown here have been reconstructed from the description, but with a fair degree of confidence.

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References

Jendraschek, Gerd. 2012. A grammar of Iatmul. Habilitationsschrift, University of Regensburg.