Evenki affixes in Dagur

Summary

Affix function number of borrowed affixes

Description

Information and examples are from Tsumagari (2003:136).

3 plural suffixes (out of a total of 4 Dagur plural markers)

  • -sul ‘plural’ (used with any noun), e.g. akaa-sul ‘elder brothers’, mori-sul ‘horses’, mood-sul ‘trees’
  • -nur ‘plural’ (for human nouns), e.g. guc/i-nur ‘friends’, deu-nur ‘younger brothers’
  • -r ‘plural’ (for human nouns), e.g. ugi-r ‘girls’, uciike-r ‘infants’, kek/u-r ‘children’