Datapoint Tayo/Occurrence of nominal plural markers

Usually the plural is expressed with tule/tle/te. There are certain cases where a plural morpheme is not required and the interpretation is still plural, e.g. if the plural is expressed through context: ma pu lja [hand PREP 3SG] 'his hand' vs. ma pu vusot [hand PREP 2PL] 'your (pl) hands' (Ehrhart 1993: 120).

Values

Invariant plural marking

Example 57-31:
mek, te mek, kas, te kas
mek,
man
te
pl
mek,
man
kas,
house
te
pl
kas
house
man, men, house, houses
Example 57-134:
na te larivjer Sa Lui
na
exist
te
pl
larivjer
river
Sa
St.
Lui
Louis
There are rivers in St. Louis.

Source: Ehrhart 1993: 119

Example 57-135:
sa, se tule mBla kom tule Nwar, se ndefa:ndi pu nu pu fe kom sa
sa,
this
se
presv
tule
pl
mBla
White
kom
like
tule
pl
Nwar,
Black
se
presv
ndefa:ndi
forbidden
pu
for
nu
1pl
pu
for
fe
do
kom
like
sa
that
This is something that is forbidden to do for both Blacks and Whites.

Source: Ehrhart 1993: 119

Example 57-136:
se fisi pu tle Bla-la
se
presv
fisi
gun
pu
prep
tle
pl
Bla-la
White-dem/def
That's the gun of the Whites.

Source: Ehrhart 1993: 128

Confidence:
Certain