Nuuhchahnulth
Nouns table
| gloss | layer | sg | pl |
|---|---|---|---|
| bird | affix | zero | zero |
| bird | lexeme | maːmaːti | maːmaːmti |
| bird | stem | #stem | #redup |
| canoe | affix | zero | <Vy̓> |
| canoe | lexeme | č̓apac | č̓ay̓aːpac |
| canoe | stem | #stem | #long |
| father | affix | zero | zero |
| father | lexeme | n̓uw̓iːqsu | n̓un̓uːw̓iqsu |
| father | stem | #stem | #redup-long |
| fish | affix | zero | <t> |
| fish | lexeme | haʔum | haːtʔum |
| fish | stem | #stem | #long |
| ghost | affix | zero | -yuːḥ |
| ghost | lexeme | č̓iḥaː | č̓iḥyuːḥ |
| ghost | stem | #stem | #long |
| highborn child | affix | zero | <t> |
| highborn child | lexeme | ʔasma | ʔatʔaːsma |
| highborn child | stem | #stem | #redup-long |
| house | affix | zero | zero |
| house | lexeme | maḥt̓iː | maːmaḥt̓iː |
| house | stem | #stem | #long_redup |
| loon | affix | zero | -m̓inḥ |
| loon | lexeme | ʔaːma | ʔaːmam̓inḥ |
| loon | stem | #stem | #stem |
| man | affix | zero | -iːḥ |
| man | lexeme | čakup | čaːkupiːḥ |
| man | stem | #stem | #long |
| song | affix | zero | zero |
| song | lexeme | nuːk | nuːknuːk |
| song | stem | #stem | #full_redup |
| torch | affix | zero | zero |
| torch | lexeme | hič̓aqtɬ | hithič̓aqtɬ |
| torch | stem | #stem | #redup |
| tribe | affix | zero | <t> |
| tribe | lexeme | maʔas | maːtʔmaːs |
| tribe | stem | #stem | #long_redup |
Nuuchahnulth notes
- Davidson (2002: 206) writes that -m̓inḥ is "the only fully productive plural marker, [which] attaches with equal ease to verbs and nominals". Many of the other plural formations involve reduplication, of which there are various types: (i) full reduplication, (ii) CV-reduplication, (iii) CV-reduplication with lengthening of the stem vowel, (iv) CV-reduplication with lengthening of the reduplicated portion.
References
Davidson, Matthew. 2002. Studies in southern Wakashan (Nootkan) grammar. PhD thesis, State University of New York at Buffalo.