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Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
There are four bound nominal plural markers, depending on noun class: ba-, mi-, ma-, bi-.
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No nominal plural word
Example 60-37:
bangó
bangó
3pl
.
anim
they/them
Source:
nd
Example 60-38:
moto, bato; motúna, mitúna; litáma, matáma; elóko, bilóko
mo-to,
sg
-person
ba-to;
pl
-person
mo-túna,
sg
-question
mi-túna;
pl
-question
li-táma,
sg
-cheek
ma-táma;
pl
-cheek
e-lóko,
sg
-thing
bi-lóko
pl
-thing
person, persons; question, questions; cheek, cheeks; thing, things
Source:
nd
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Lingala
by
Michael Meeuwis
cite
Language:
Lingala
Feature:
Nominal plural marker and third-person-plural pronoun
Source:
Own knowledge
Meeuwis 1998
: 11
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