Nimboran
Verbs intrans table
| gloss | layer | inf | 1 sg prs | 2 sg prs | 3 sg n prs | 3 sg m prs | 1incl du prs | 1 du prs | 2 du prs | 3du n prs | 3 du m prs | 1incl pl prs | 1 pl prs | 2 pl prs | 3 pl prs | 1 sg prs dur | 2 sg prs dur | 3 sg n prs dur | 3 sg m prs dur | 1incl du prs dur | 1 du prs dur | 2 du prs dur | 3du n prs dur | 3 du m prs dur | 1incl pl prs dur | 1 pl prs dur | 2 pl prs dur | 3 pl prs dur |
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| draw | lexeme | ŋgedou | ŋgeduotu | ŋgeduote | ŋgeduotum | ŋgeduotam | ŋgeduomantam | ŋgedouketu | ŋgedoukete | ŋgedouketum | ŋgedouketam | ŋgedouketam | ŋgedoitiu | ŋgedoukete | ŋgedoitiam | ŋgedoutemtɨ | ŋgedoumentim | ŋgedoitemtɨ | ŋgedoitemtɨ | |||||||||
| draw | stem | #stem1 | #stem2 | #stem2 | #stem2 | #stem2 | #stem2 | #stem1 | #stem1 | #stem1 | #stem1 | #stem1 | #stem3 | #stem1 | #stem3 | #stem1 | #stem1 | #stem1 | #stem1 | #stem1 | #stem3 | #stem3 | #stem3 | #stem3 | #stem3 | #stem3 | #stem3 | #stem3 |
| draw | suffix 1 | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | k | k | k | k | k | zero | k | zero | tam | tam | tam | tam | tam | tam | tam | tam | tam | tam | tam | tam | tam |
| draw | suffix 2 | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | maN | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | maN | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero | zero |
| draw | suffix 3 | zero | u | e | um | am | am | u | e | um | am | am | u | e | am | u | e | um | am | am | u | e | um | am | am | u | e | am |
Nimboran notes
- The underlying representation of the suffixes and their position classes follows Inkelas (1993).
- Tense markers intervene between the two suffix positions '2' and '3'. The forms shown here are present tense, with -t. Other forms are future (-d), recent past (-p) and past (-k).
- The durative suffix induces the default stem for singular subjects (this stem is used for the dual in non-durative verbs), and displaces the dual suffix, whereby the stem otherwise found with the plural is found with durative dual forms.
References
Anceaux, J. C. 1965. The Nimboran language. 'S-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff.
Inkelas, Sharon. 1993. Nimboran position class morphology. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 11.4 . 559-624.