Gurma affixes in Songhay Ciiné

Summary

Affix function number of borrowed affixes

Description

Information and examples are from Souag & Eddyshaw (2023) who provide detailed argumentation for the complex borrowing process. They argue that the source language is from the Gurma subgroup of Oti-Volta, itself part of Central Gur (but not necessarily Gourmanchéma).

1 nominalizer

  • -mì ~ -mi ~ -mèy ‘action or result noun derivation’, e.g., dey-mi (buy-nominalizer) ‘purchase’, fàrí-mì (cultivate-nominalizer) ‘farming’, fàrsí-mì (divide-nominalizer) ‘(a) share’, sàrgà-mèy (offer-nominalizer) ‘offering’