inverse number
nounDefinitions
Describes a morphophonological relationship between two grammatical number categories X…
Describes a morphophonological relationship between two grammatical number categories X and Y and two declension classes A and B such that the X form in A is to the Y form in A as the Y form in B is to the X form in B.
- One example of inverse number in the proto-language is how the first declension featured a singular suffix -i and a plural suffix -u, meanwhile the second declension had a singular suffix -u and a plural suffix -i.
- Nowadays, only the nothern dialect retains inverse number.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for inverse number. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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