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2.1 Nouns
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Nouns are such words as kayee 'wood,' ureueng 'person,'
kameng 'goat,' peunaioh 'food,' eleumee 'science,' and all
words used to name things and ideas. Other important words
that belong to nouns are pronouns, titles, measure nouns,
classifiers, and onomatopoetic words. The first four
sections below will briefly deals with all of these words,
with the exception of onomatopoetic words•! Noun derivation
is discussed in the last section.
2.1.1 Pronouns
Acehnese pronouns make distinctions in.age and
politeness. In some literature, the term 'familiar' is used
for some pronouns, such as free 'I (vulgar),' kah 'you (for
children),' and 1ih 'he/she. The term 'familiar' for
Acehnese is misleading. This term is appropriate for English
and many other Indo-European languages. In these languages,
'familiar' has a positive sense, something preferred in a
certain situation. When two persons have become close
friends, they will use familiar terms towards each other,
they will call each other by his first name. In a language
that distinguishes between familiar and polite form of
pronouns, such as French £a and vous. the familiar form is
X A complete listing and some discussion of Acehnese
onomatopoetic words can be found in Asyik (1978). They first
appeared in Asyik (1972: 211-7) in the form of a schematic
diagram.