Refl~Intens: Reflexive pronouns and intensifiers are partially identical in form.

(1) īki ʌījm-əʌ jota wəj-təɣ.

man axe-3sg along bring-pst.obj.3sg

‘The man brought an axe along.’ (L. N. K.)

(2) ńēwrem līŋkəntəp ʌüwatiʌ-nam tīʌ-təɣ.

child blanket he/she-apr pull-pst.obj.3sg

‘The child pulled the blanket up.’ (L. N. K.)

(3) mā mān-t serkala-nə wū-ʌ-əm.

I I-acc mirror-loc see-prs-1sg

‘I can see myself in the mirror.’ (L. N. K.)

(4) ma mānə kiča-ɣəm wəj-əm.

I I_self part-1sg buy.pst-1sg

‘I bought it to myself.’ (Karjalainen–Vértes 1964: 244.)

(5) īki ʌüw ʌüwə qɔ̄t wär.

man he he_self house make.pst.3sg

‘The man built the house himself.’ (L. N. K.)

(6) ńēwrem-ət āmp-ʌ-aʌ ʌəɣ ʌəɣ-ə ʌāpət-ʌə-ʌ-aʌ.

child-pl dog-pl-3pl ők they_self feed-prs-pl-obj.3pl

‘The children feed their own dogs.’ (L. N. K.)

(7a) mīša əj norɣə ʌüw-ə ʌüwati-jat noməqsə-ʌ.

Misha always he_self he-ins think-prs.3sg

‘Misha only thinks about himself.’ (L. N. K.)

(7b) māša əj norɣə ʌüw-ə ʌüwat iʌti ńawmə-ʌ.

Masha always she_self she-acc about speak-prs.3sg

‘Masha always speaks about herself.’ (L. N. K.)

In Surgut Khanty, the category of reflexive pronouns does not exist. The reflexivity of actions is not marked by a reflexive morpheme, but adverbials (1), or personal pronouns which are coreferent with the subject (2), (3) can be used with the appropriate case endings or postpositions (4) to express the same meaning. Intensification is coded by the reduplication of the personal pronoun (5), (6). The paradigm of intensifiers is the following:

sg du pl

1. ma mānə min mīnə məŋ məŋə

2. nüŋ nüŋə nin nīnə nəŋ nəŋə

3. ʌüw ʌüwə ʌin ʌīnə ʌəɣ ʌəɣə

(Karjalainen–Vértes 1964: 243)

In the sentence, the personal pronoun with the -ə ending precedes the case marked pronoun in the intensifier construction (7a, 7b).