Classifiers

bana

The position classifier for the bottom of something. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

budu

The shape classifier for holes and openings. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

casa

The position classifier for the inside of something. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

dini

The status classifier for a group of people.

doŋi

The shape classifier for small, probably round things. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

gada

The classifier for water and other flowing liquids.

geli

The shape classifier for curvilinear things and paths. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

gene

The status classifier for an elder. Used with class 1 nouns (rational animates).

genna

The status classifier for more than one elder. Used with class 1 nouns (rational animates).

giŋi

The shape classifier for objects with a point. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

goso

The shape classifier for concave spaces and hollows. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

halala

The position classifier for the front of something. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

haŋeŋi

The position classifier for the perimeter of something. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

laka

The classifier for shelter: huts, tents, overhangs.

luwu

The classifier for light, fire, shiny stuff.

mede

classifier for a tree or bush or some other plant

mete

The classifier for resins and sticky things.

muŋi

The shape classifier for objects with a thin handle-able part. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

noso

The shape classifier for objects with fork or a split. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

paca

The classifier for animals.

sono

The position classifier for the top of something. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

taka

The shape classifier for something with a strong horizontal component. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

todu

The shape classifier for flat surfaces and flat things.

wodu

The shape classifier for something with a strong vertical component. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

wu

The classifier for time.

wudu

The classifier for wind, air, breath, speech, and abstractions.

xexe

The shape classifier for soil, sand, powder, smoke. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

xo

The classifier for locations.

yedena

The status classifier for more than one spirit, deity, or ghost. Used with class 1 nouns (rational animates).

yedi

The status classifier for a spirit, diety, or ghost. Used with class 1 nouns (rational animates).

yele

The status classifier for a person. Used with class 1 nouns (rational animates).

yenna

The status classifier for more than one person. Used with class 1 nouns (rational animates).

yette

The classifier for knives and tools.

yididi

The position classifier for the back of something. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

yisena

The status classifier for more than one child. Used with class 1 nouns (rational animates).

yisi

The status classifier for a child. Used with class 1 nouns (rational animates).

Plural: yisena

ŋaka

The shape classifier for mounds, heaps, and piles. Used primarily with class 4 nouns.

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