some words of Yungchanese
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personal pronons:
- 1st sg: no
- 2nd sg: mo
- 3rd sg: tzie
- 1st pl exclusive: yem
- 1st pl inclusive: rem
- 2nd pl: mem
- 3rd pl: tzim
interrogative:
- who: mek(誰)
- what: maa(何)
- which: maa(何)
- why: maas(from maa "what" + s "for")(何為)
- how: maaj(from maa "what" + j "with")(何以)
demonstratives:
- here: san
- there: txan
- this: ti ... san
- that: ti ... txan
articles:
- indifinite: i(when the following word starts with a consonant)/in(when the following word starts with a vowel)
- definite: ti/t'(contracted form used when the following word starts with a vowel)
- relativizer: tzi
numerals:
- 1: nie(from proto-Yungchangese ney-)
- 2: xo(from proto-Yungchangese seH2-)
- 3: paal(cognate with from proto-Yungchangese pel- "more")
- 4: xing(from earlier xink, the final k- is from from proto-Yungchangese geH2-, might be cognate with words for "finger" and "fist")
- 5: txo(also "hand", probably from proto-Yungchangese t-geH2- "hand")
- 6: krie(from proto-Yungchangese gH2-ney-)
- 7: kxo(from proto-Yungchangese gH2-seH2-)
- 8: xieman(probably from proto-Yungchangese seH2- "two" + -m (old ablative) + won-t"ten")
- 9: nieman(probably from proto-Yungchangese ney- "one" + -m (old ablative) + won-t "ten")
- 10: vaan(from earlier vaant, cognate with vin- "full")
- 11: nievan
- 12: xovan
- 13: paalvan
- 14: xingvan
- 15: txovan
- 16: krievan
- 17: kxovan
- 18: xiemanvan
- 19: niemanvan
- 20: nichaam(cognate with chaam "person")
- 30: plaam
- 40: xichaam(cognate with chaam "person")
- 50: tzonim(from tzo- "half" + nim "hundred")
- 60: kniejim
- 70: kxojim
- 80: xiemnim
- 90: niemnim
- 100: nim(from proto-Yungchangese wnem < won-em "ten-th")
- 1,000: yu(this is the largest native-derived numeral in Yungchangese, from proto-Yungchangese wyoH < wnyoH < won-yoH)
- -ty: -im/-jim(from proto-Yungchangese -im/-yem "-ish, -ly, -al, -ical, -th")
nim "100" and yu "1000" are always preceded by another numeral. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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