Pronoun Paradigm: Usan: clean
Paradigm Details:
Label: clean
Family:
System Type: None
Source: Reesink (1987).
Comment: Owen's cleaned up version. Removed question marks. Arbitrarily chose only the longer object prefixes listed on p.51 of Reesink (1984) "Given the way plural inanimate objects are conceived of as singular, the third person plural object prefix could never refer to inanimate objects, and the third person singular does not have an explicit object prefix." (Reesink 1987: 109) -- I assume that plural inanimate possessors are also referred to with a singular form (C vT). Objects are marked by object prefixes on verbs. There is no 3sg object prefix and therefore "The free third person singular pronoun may also fill the object position, but as such it is not a verbal prefix." (p51)
Pronoun Paradigm:
| A | S | O | Poss. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st (excl) Person Singular | ye | ye | ye- | yonou |
| 1st (excl) Person Dual | in | in | ini- | ininou |
| 1st (excl) Person Plural | in | in | ini- | ininou |
| 1st (incl) Person Dual | in | in | ini- | ininou |
| 1st (incl) Person Plural | in | in | ini- | ininou |
| 2nd Person Singular | ne | ne- | ne- | nonou |
| 2nd Person Dual | an | an | ani- | aninou |
| 2nd Person Plural | an | an | ani- | aninou |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 1 | wo | wo | wo | wonou |
| 3rd Person Singular Gender 2 | wo | wo | wo | wonou |
| 3rd Person Dual | wuri | wuri | (w)oro- , wuri- , wuru- | wurinou |
| 3rd Person Plural | wuri | wuri | (w)oro- , wuri- , wuru- | wurinou |