Jeoromitxi
Verbs table
| gloss | layer | 1 sg | 2 | 3 | 1 pl |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sing | lexeme | habä | arabä | habä | hirabä |
| fall | lexeme | hõkü | anõkü | hõkü | hinõkü |
| teach | lexeme | ahõnõpabü | |||
| sing | prefix | zero | a | zero | hi |
| fall | prefix | zero | a | zero | hi |
| teach | prefix | zero | a | zero | hi |
| sing | stem | #h-stem | #r-stem | #h-stem | #r-stem |
| fall | stem | #h-stem | #n-stem | #h-stem | #n-stem |
| teach | stem | #stem | #stem | #stem | #stem |
Jeoromitxi notes
- Stem alternations correlated with person-marking prefixes are restricted to stems beginning in /h/ in their unprefixed form. The example here involves intransitive verbs.
- Transitive verbs mark the object, with an overt prefix i- for the 3rd person (and consequently, a different stem alternant than what is found with intransitives). The same person-marking system is found with possessed nouns, and adjectives.
References
Pires, Nádia N. 1992. Estudo da gramática da língua Jeoromitxi (Jabuti). Universidade Estadual de Campinas.