Number marking on nouns (Northern Mansi)

NumSuffAnal: Grammatical number is marked morphologically using analytic suffixes (monoexponential; i.e., the suffix expresses only the number).


Case

Sg.

Du.

Pl.

Nominative

pūt

pūt-yγ

pūt-ǝt

Locative

pūt-t

pūt-yγ-t

pūt-ǝt-t

Lative

pūt-n

pūt-yγ-n

pūt-ǝt-n

Ablative

pūt-nǝl

pūt-yγ-nǝl

pūt-ǝt-nǝl

Translative

pūt-yγ

-

-

Instrumental

pūt-ǝl

pūt-yγ-tǝl

pūt-ǝt-ǝl


In Northern Mansi, the singular (Ø), the dual (-yγ) and the plural (-ǝt) numbers are marked by analytic suffixes (Riese 2001).

Author: 

Szilvia Németh