Language name and locationː Mako (Maco), Venezuela [Refer to Ethnologue] |
1. bakw-CL |
2. d-CL-latahi |
3. wap-CL-kwa |
4. ɨˀwehemu hawa-cl |
5. bãkwamu hawa-cl |
Linguist providing data and dateː Mr. Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada, Graduate Student, Department of French Studies and Linguistics, University of Western Ontario, Canada, Consultant: Eliseo Gonzalez, February 7, 2013. 提供资料的语言学家: Mr. Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada, 2013 年 2 月 7 日 |
Other comments: Mako or Maco have a quinary (base-5) show agreement in noun class. With Body Parts Terms Note: nouns denoting body parts are inalienably possessed and the citation form I am giving here have the 3pl prefix [tʰ(V)-]. Noun: [tʰɨbahale] 3pl.eye.cl 1 tʰɨbahale bakwale 2 tʰɨbahale dɨlelatahi 3 tʰɨbahale wãpũlekwa 4 tʰɨbahale ɨˀwehemu hawɨle 5 bãkwamu hawɨle tʰɨbahale
Noun: tʰaa 3pl.mouth 1 tʰaa bakwaʤa 2 tʰaa dɨʤilatahi 3 tʰaa wãpũʤakwa 4 tʰaa ɨˀwehemu hawajiʤa 5 tʰaa bãkwamu hawajiʤa
Noun: tʰũlũmẽʔã 3pl.neck.cl 1 tʰũlũmẽʔã bãkwãʔã 2 tʰũlũmẽʔã dɨ̃ʔĩlatahi 3 tʰũlũmẽʔã wãpẽʔãkwa 4 tʰũlũmẽʔã ɨ̃ˀwẽhẽmu hãwã(j)ʔã 5 tʰũlũmẽʔã bãkwamu hãwã(j)ʔã
Noun: tʰomuko 3pl.chest.cl 1 tʰomuko bakwako 2 tʰomuko dokulatahi 3 tʰomuko wapukokwa 4 tʰomuko ɨˀwehemu hawako 5 tʰomuko bãkwamu hawako
So, summing up and if I had to give citation forms, I would say that the numerals are: 1 bakw-cl 2 d-cl-latahi 3 wap-cl-kwa 4 ɨˀwehemu hawa-cl 5 bãkwamu hawa-cl In numerals 4 and 5, if I am not mistaken there is some reference being made to hand -mu being the classifier for hand. More specifically, 5 would mean ‘one hand’ since bãkw-amu ‘one-cl.hand’. However, for numeral 4 I think I recognize ɨˀwehe as being ‘finger’ and a –mu classifier is being added. For humans and some animate nouns 1 bakwõ -õ for masculine bakwuhu -uhu for feminine 2 duhutaha for both masculine and feminine 3 wamedukwa for both masculine and feminine 4 (sorry, don’t have the info) 5 (sorry, don’t have the info)
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