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NC Prefix SM OM Poss Poss Num Adj Which? Dem1 Dem2 Cop
Pref Pref Pref Poss
1 (o)mu- a- -mu- u- H àkwê e- omu- ywîbô òyù yùlyà ndí ! wángù
1a ∅ a- -mu- u- H àkwê e- omu- ywîbô òyù yùlyà ndí ! wángù
2 (a)ba- ba- ´-ba- ba- H àbò bo- aba- bêbô àbà bàlyà (m)bá ! bángù
2a (a)ba- ba- ´-ba- ba- H àbò bo- aba- bêbô àbà bàlyà (m)bá ! bángù
3 (o)mu- u- ´-mu- u- H àwô wo- omu- wîbô òwù wùlyà ngú ! wángù
4 (e)mi- i- ´-i- i- H àyô yo- emi- yîbô èyì ìlyà ndí ! yángù
5 i-/(e)mi- li- ´-li- li- H àlô lyo- i- lîbô èlì lìlyà ndí ! lyángù
6 (a)mi- a- ´-a- a- H àwô o- ama- êbô àwà àlyà ngá ! ’angù
7 (e)chi- chi- ´-chi- chi- H àchô cho- chi- chîbô èchì chìlyà chí ! chángù
8 (e)zi- zi- ´-zi- zi- H àzô zo- zi- zîbô èzì zìlyà zí ! zángù
9 iN- i- ´-i- i- H àyô yo- iN- yîbô èyì ìlyà njí ! yángù
10 iN- zi- ´-zi- zi- H àzô zo- iN- zîbô èzì zìlyà zí ! zángù
11 (o)lu- lu- ´-lu- lu- H àlô lo- olu- lwîbô òlù lùlyà ndú ! lwángù
12 (a)ka- ka- ´-ka- ka- H àkò ko- aka- kêbô àkà kàlyà ká ! kángù
13 (o)tu- tu- ´-tu- tu- H àtô to- otu- twîbô òtù tùlyà tú ! twángù
14 (o)bu- bu- ´-bu- bu- H àbô bo- obu- bwîbô òbù bùlyà (m)bú ! bwángù
15 (o)ku - ku- ´-ku- ∗ ku-/u- ∗ H àkô ∗ (e-/ko-) ∗ oku- kwîbô òyù yùlyà kú ! kwángù
16 a- a- =wô (a-) ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗ pa- êbô ànò àlyà pá ! ángù
17 ku- ku- =kô (ku-) ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗ ku- kwîbô kùnò kùlyà kú ! kwángù
18 mu- mu- =mô (mu-) ∗∗ ∗∗ ∗∗ mu- mwîbô mùnò mùlyà mú ! mwángù
Table D.4: Noun class agreement paradigms
*Non-infinitive nouns seem to resist being in class 15, which is overwhelmingly the class of verbal infinitives. Infinitives
act like nouns in many ways but do not participate in all kinds of agreement. Non-infinitive class 15 nouns often co-opt
class 1 agreement markers, either optionally or obligatorily (or at least strongly preferred). This table gives a partial
picture of the class 15 agreement issues.
**The locative classes (16-18) are resistant to many kinds of agreement. They surface as suffixes rather than verbinternal
object markers, and have limited distribution in possessive contexts, with their agreement sometimes defaulting
to class 16.