nouns-affixes

Plains Cree noun morphology

Prefixes

NounPrefixes redirects to AN-IN, BODY, INALIENABLE

AN-IN adds the prefixes ni-, ki-, o-. Redirects to STEMS

DEP-M-INIT adds the prefixes n-, k-, o- (which alternate to w- in twolc), and generic form m- . Redirects to DEP-M-INIT.

DEP-KINTERMS adds the prefixes n-, k-, o- (which alternate to w- in twolc) Redirects to DEP-KINTERMSSTEMS

Now, lexc directs us to the ../stems/nouns.lexc file, where we find all the nominal stems. The suffixes are then found at the end of this file.

Suffixes

The declensions for Animates

  • LEXICON AN_DECL_0POSS for the animate declension, Dim: -isis and -is
  • LEXICON AN_DECL_PL for the animate declension, Dim: -isis and -is
  • LEXICON AN_DECLis for the animate declension, Dim: -is diminutives
  • LEXICON AN_DECLisis for the animate declension, Dim: -isis diminutives
  • LEXICON AN_DECL for the animate declension, poss.-im-, Dim: -is
  • LEXICON ANimDECLisis for the animate declension, poss.-im-, Dim: -isis
  • LEXICON ANimDECLis for the animate declension, poss.-im-, Dim: -is
  • LEXICON ANimDECLw for the animate declension, stem -w, poss.-im-, Dim: -is
  • LEXICON AN_DIM both for lexicalised and derivated diminutives
  • LEXICON ANimDECLnaahk for the animate declension, poss.-im-, Dim: -is, , with collectiv loc
  • LEXICON ANABSDECLnaahk for the animate absolute declension, with collectiv loc
  • LEXICON ANimDECLnaahk-NOPOSS for the animate declension, poss.-im-, Dim: -is, , with collectiv loc
  • LEXICON ANABSDECL for the animate absolute declension
  • LEXICON ANABSDECL_PL for the animate absolute declension
  • LEXICON AN_KININFL_MONOG Lexicon with reduces possessive paradigm: only one wife/husband
  • LEXICON AN_DECL-ATIM for atim and mistatim.
  • LEXICON ANPOSS-ATIM is also there to handle the highly irregular atim and mistatim
  • LEXICON ANVOC
  • LEXICON AN_KININFL
  • LEXICON AN_KININFL_PL
  • LEXICON AN_DIMPOSS Possessive suffixes to diminutives
  • LEXICON AN_KINiyINFL Special treatment for kinship nouns ending with -iy - should be done in twolc?
  • LEXICON AN_DEP_INIT_M for the inanimate possessive declension
  • LEXICON ANABLGENERIC generic forms Sg, Pl, Loc and diminutives

The declinations for Inanimates

  • LEXICON INimDECLw_ONESYLL_SG for the inanimate declension, stem -w, poss.-im-, dim. -is, only Sg
  • LEXICON INimDECL for the inanimate declension, poss.-im-, dim. -is
  • LEXICON INimDECLisis for the inanimate declension, poss.-im-, dim. -isis
  • LEXICON IN_DECL for the inanimate declension, Dim: -is- and -isis-
  • LEXICON IN_DECL_PL for the inanimate declension, plural Dim: -is- and -isis-
  • LEXICON IN_DECLis for the inanimate declension, Dim: -is-
  • LEXICON IN_DECLisis for the inanimate declension, Dim: -isis-
  • LEXICON IN_DECL_OSI for the inanimate declension of ôsi, an irregular noun
  • LEXICON IN_DIM for the inanimate diminutives
  • LEXICON INABSDECL for inanimate absolute declension
  • LEXICON INABSDECL_PL for inanimate absolute declension
  • LEXICON INimDIM the diminutives with poss.-im-, Dim: -is
  • LEXICON INimDIMisis the diminutives with poss.-im-, Dim: -isis
  • LEXICON INimDIM-SG the diminutives with poss.-im-, Dim: -is

LEXICON IN_DIMDECL Declensions inanimate diminutives, adding +Dim , not in use

  • LEXICON INDEP-DERIV_M_SG for hardcoded noun: diminutive for inalienables
  • LEXICON IN_DEP_INIT_M_PL for the inanimate possessive declension, plural lemmas
  • LEXICON IN_DEP_INIT_M for the inanimate possessive declension
  • LEXICON INABLGENERIC generic forms Sg, Pl, Loc and diminutives
  • LEXICON IN_DEP_INIT_M_DIM for the inanimate possessive declension
  • LEXICON IN_DEP_INIT_M_SG inanimate possessive declension, only Sg

Animate possessive suffixes

  • LEXICON ANSUFF_SG
  • LEXICON ANSUFF_0POSS
  • LEXICON SG_OBV
  • LEXICON ANSUFF_Pl_0POSS
  • LEXICON ANSUFF_PL
  • LEXICON PL_OBV

Inanimate possessive suffixes

  • LEXICON INSUFF_SG
  • LEXICON INSUFF_PL
  • LEXICON INSUFF_LOC
  • LEXICON ANiySUFF_SG
  • LEXICON ANiySUFF_PL

Singular/plural suffixes

  • LEXICON SG_
  • LEXICON PLa
  • LEXICON PLak

Locative suffixes

  • LEXICON LOC
  • LEXICON LOCahk
  • LEXICON LOCinaahk For collective locative

Obviative suffix

  • LEXICON OBVIATIVE

Special cases

  • LEXICON NOPREFIX gives diacr.flag for no prefix. Used for hardcoded forms in the lexicon