Locative nouns Sample Clauses

Locative nouns. Locative nouns are nouns preceded by a locative NPx. The locative noun classes express different notions which can roughly be described as follows. Class 16 expresses a location near the object indicated, translated as “at” below. Class 17 expresses a general location, translated as “to” below. Class 18 indicates a position inside, translated as “in” below. The locative NPx’s are pa- (class 16), ku- (class 17) and mu- (class 18). These locative NPx’s occur before nouns with a consonant-initial NPx as well as before nouns with a vowel-initial NPx. We use the following nouns to show the prefixing of the locative NPx’s: vitúúvi 8 bundles nkúungu 3 pot inóóndwa 9 star ulíindo 14 hair (of head) anámíkakataambwe 2A spiders Before nouns with a vowel-initial NPx, locative NPx’s optionally have phonologically conditioned allomorphs, comparable to the ones found with non- locative NPx’s: class 16 pa- can be compared with the NPx’s of classes 2, 6, and 12, class 17 ku- can be compared with classes 11, 13, 14, and 15, and class 18 mu- can be compared with classes 1 and 3 in this respect. But there are also differences: (i) after a locative NPx, the augmental part i of the class 9 NPx may disappear, (ii) vowel coalescence between the vowel of the locative NPx pa- and the augmental part i of the class 9 NPx is not possible, and (iii) the locative NPx mu- is a homorganic syllabic nasal before consonants, but it is mu- if the following consonant is a syllabic nasal itself. pavitúúvi 16 at the bundles pankúungu 16 at the pot painóóndwa ~ panóóndwa 16 at the star paulíindo ~ pulíindo 16 at the hair paanámíkakataambwe ~ panámíkakataambwe 16 at the spiders kuvitúúvi 17 to the bundles kunkúungu 17 to the pot kuinóóndwa ~ kwinóóndwa ~ kunóóndwa 17 to the star kuulíindo ~ kulíindo 17 to the hair kuanámíkakataambwe ~ kwanámíkakataambwe 17 to the spiders mmitúúvi 18 in the bundles munkúungu 18 in the pot muinóóndwa ~ mwinóóndwa ~ munóóndwa 18 in the star muulíindo ~ mulíindo 18 in the hair ?muanámíkakataambwe ~ ? mwanámíkakataambwe 18 in the spiders Some other examples of the locative NPx mu- being a homorganic syllabic nasal before following consonants are given below: mmikúungu 18 in the pots cf. mikúungu 4 pots nchiínu/mmiínu 18 in the thing/s cf. chiínu/viínu 7/8 thing nding’áánde 18 in the houses cf. ding’áánde 10 houses nniíye/mmaáye 18 in the egg/s cf. liíye/maáye 5/6 egg mmwéélu 18 in the field cf. wéélu 14 field but: muwáahi 18 in the grass cf. wáahi 14 grass The locative...