Inflectional fusion in the nominal paradigm (Northern Mansi)

ConcLin: The marking of case (and number) is exclusively concatenative, primarily with linear strategies.


case


Sg

‘pot’

Du

‘pot’

Pl

‘pot’

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

[Kálmán 1976: 44]

Author: 

Szilvia Németh