ʑara

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Japhug

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Etymology

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From ʑo (pronominal root) +‎ ra (plural marker), with vowel harmony.[1]

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ʑara

  1. (Kamnyu) they; them (third-person plural)

See also

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Japhug (Kamnyu) personal pronouns and possessive prefixes
Number Person Possessive prefixes Free pronoun Genitive
Singular 1st a- aʑo, aj aʑɯɣ
2nd nɤ- nɤʑo, nɤj nɤʑɯɣ
3rd ɯ- ɯʑo ɯʑɤɣ
Dual 1st tɕi- tɕiʑo tɕiʑɤɣ
2nd ndʑi- ndʑiʑo ndʑiʑɤɣ
3rd ʑɤni ʑɤniɣɯ
Plural 1st i- iʑo, iʑora, iʑɤra iʑɤɣ, iʑɤra ɣɯ
2nd nɯ- nɯʑo, nɯʑora, nɯʑɤra nɯʑɤɣ, nɯʑɤra ɣɯ
3rd ʑara ʑaraɣ, ʑara ɣɯ
Generic tɯ- tɯʑo

References

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  1. ^ Guillaume Jacques (2020) “Grammaticalization in Japhug”, in Walter Bisang, Andrej Malchukov, editors, Grammaticalization Scenarios: Cross-linguistic Variation and Universal Tendencies[1], volumes 1: Grammaticalization Scenarios from Europe and Asia, →DOI, →ISBN