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Case Paradigms Baiha

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Editor’s introduction

Text in black is Castrén’s (original or translated into English, sometimes both, separated by a slash), text in grey is the editor’s.

Fixed vowel stems

Dual

Plural

N lok͔a fox 363 N lokaǥ 364, lok͔áǥ 369 N 1. logát (-n), 2. logat 364
G lok͔án, lók͔an-ol G lokaǥan G 1. logáden (-t), logádetn, 2. logaden (-detn)
All. lok͔ánэ All. lokak͔iing All. logatkii(ng) (or collective loganén)
A = N lok͔a A 1. logatnán, 2. loǥatnan (-detnán, -tnnán)
El. lok͔annán(a) El. lokaǥannan
P logatmen
C lok͔asé (-seä) C logatse (-sseä)

N koča sack 363
D kočandšэ
Abl.-Loc. kočágan

Plural

N kúlä 365 N kulät
G kúlän G kuläden
All. kulä́ne All. collective kulänén’e
El. kulänán
C kuläsé

Plural

N it 372 N năt
G nán G nadetn (nadetn)
All. naanneng

N tu lake 366
G ton
D tond
Abl. tógan

N feather 366
G tuut par
D tuund
Abl. tuugan

N ear 366
G kuun

N tree 366
G puut, puun úg
D puund
Abl. puugan

Plural

N lî́ bone 365 N let
G len
D lend
Abl. leak͔an (-ǥan)

N ii son 365
G iin ima
All. iin’э

[īŋa ‘son’:]

G iingán ima
All. iingán’э
El. ingàn

NB. ingan ima ablative [Castrén believes the form to be ablative of ī], note the long and short vowel.

N pyy stone 366
G pyyn
D pynd
Abl. pýuǥan
El. pynnan
N tyy fire 366
D tyynd
Ab. týugan
N tjyy belt 366
G tjyyn
El. tjyynnán
Abl. tjýugán [sic]

366 NB. In this dialects the vowel in monosyllabic words likes to be long, o becomes ‹ú?›, ö becomes ý, the declension is regular. y in ablative becomes ýu before -gan, but not before -nán.

Schwa stems

Dual

Plural

N utэ hand 366 N *utóǥ (Px1S utóǥem, Px3S -get) 369 N utet (-n) 366
G uten = utn G údedet paaret
D utond
Abl. utógan
El. utonnán
P utómet
C uteséä C utteseä?
N olĕ?› head 367
G olen or olon
D olond
Abl. ológan
El. olennan

N tĭmэ tooth 365
G tĭmet-paar (= [genitive 1S] timon uug, NB. timon before following uu-)
D timond
Abl. timóǥan
El. (1S timonnán [from my tooth])

N tyyme larch 365
G tyymen
D tyymond
Abl. tyymógan

Dual

Plural

N saj or saje eye 365, sai 369 sajoǥ (Px1S -joǥem, Px3S -ǥet) 369 N sajit 365
G sajon [rather genitive 1S] 365
D sajond
Abl. sajogan

Dual

N yynэ, yyn’e, ýn strap 367 N ynóǥ 369
G yynon or yynen G ynógen
D yynond D ([local 3S] ynóǥand (singular), NB. The declension is confused with the singular)
Abl. yynógan

N tjynd häst 367
G tjynden
D tjynnond
El. tjyndennán

NB. The weak consonant [ɔ: vowel] is here equal to the hard. [Castrén means that both back and front vowelic words take o as shift vowel] 367

N k͔orǥa (-o) 367
G korgon ol
D korǥond
El. korǥannán

367 After ǥ alternates a and o in unaccented syllables, the first is used for all vowels except for o and u, that demand o preceding.

N porg’a 367
G porgat paar

N kî́l breast 367
D kîlond
Abl. kîlógan

N î́l bottom 367
D î́lond
Loc-Abl. îlógan (-t) [the latter only locative]

N sîr snow 367
D sîrond

N sîîr cow 367
D sîîrond
Abl. sîîróǥan

[partly preserved i-stem]

N k͔ai what 372
A k͔ajep SQNK
D k͔aind’a 388
Loc.-Abl. kaiǥan

Consonant stems

Dual (irregular)

Plural

N tep he 372, Wb315 N tebeäǥ’a 372 N tébet 372
G tében 372 G tebeäǥan G tebeden (-tn)
A tebem A (nominative tebedet)
C tebsé C tebeäǥase C tebedeseä
All. teben All. tebeäk͔iing (-k͔- underscored) All. tebetkii(ng) or tebenén’э
El. tebennán El. tebetnán (-detnaan)

Dual

N maat house 369 N maatk͔ai (Px1S maatk͔aim)
G maaden
D mattэ 369, maatta 388
Abl. maatkan 369, maatk͔an 388
P maanmet 369
C maasse, -sʃe
N tööt otter 369
G tööden
All. töödén
El. töödennán

All these have long vowel and t, sounds almost like tn. Those with preceding short vowel take n instead of t: jilepsan etc.

N áabêk lid 368
G aabîn?› 368, aapîn Wb166
D -kt 368
Abl. -kk͔an

N šeak͔ salt 368
G šeaǥan
D šeak͔t
Abl. šeak͔k͔an

N sok͔ cape 368
G sooǥon

N nop God 369
G nuun
All. nuun
El. nuunnán
C nopseä

Plural

N kup (-pm) person 369 N kumet
G kŭmen
All. kuméneng?
El. kumennán
C kupseä

N kêm blood 369
G kêmen
D kêmd
Abl. kêmgan

N liem soup 369
G liemen
D liemd’э
Abl. liemgan

N orm strength 369
G ormn

N tîrep (-m) roe 369, 368
G tîrî́n 369, 368
D tîrîptэ 369
N čän sinew 367
D čändš
Abl. čängan

Plural

N kanáng dog 368 N kanat
G kanán
All. kanánэ
El. kanannán
C kanakʃé
N tynjáng sleeve 368
G tynján
D tynják͔t or -ngd
Abl. tynják͔k͔an’э
N soláng spoon 368
D solakt (-k͔-?)
Abl. solák͔k͔an

N aang mouth 368
D aakt (-k͔-?)
Abl. ak͔k͔an (-k͔-?)

N k͔uuk (-kng) chief 368
G kuun or kuuen
All. kuun or kuuen
El. kuunnan or kuuennán
N kyyk black grouse 368
G kyyn (kyy’yn)
N tî̆́têng, tî̆́tэng кедр 368
G tî̆́tîn

By nouns on -ng (-k) dative seems to end on -kt, ablative on -k͔k͔an. The nouns tîtêng, aabêk, tî́rep etc. get in genitive -î́- [deleted: as it seems with accent]. NB. -ê- in genitive becomes -î́-.

N suolj throat 365
G suoljn
D [false:] suoljnd or -ljind (?)
Abl. suoljgan or -ljegan

Plural

N njänj bread 365 N njäänjit
G njäänjen
D [false:] njäänjĭndэ (NB. i after j instead of e)
Abl. [false:] njä́änjeǥan’э NB.
N peptelj chin 365
G -teljn
D -teldj
Abl. -ljgan
El. -teljnán

368 NB. The words on j take the connecting vowel o and e, that in this dialect in the last syllable becomes i; those on lj take either no connecting vowel or an e, in dative -ldj (Karasina -ltje).

Nouns on -lj take in dative -dj, e.g. kueldj i fjärden, pepteldj.

N tar hair 367
D tart
Abl. tárgan

N kî̆l pit 367
D kî̆ldš
Abl. kî̆́lǥan

367 NB. Those with short connecting vowel skip the connecting vowel and take in dative after l and n the consonant , after r however t, e.g. kîl: D kîldš: Abl. kilgan, čen: D čendš: Abl. čengan, tar: D tart: Abl. targan, tjesen: D tjesendš: Abl. -ngan.

The same concerns s, š what is said about r, e.g.

N tjuoš tallow 368
D tjuošt
Abl. tjuošk͔an

N kueš half 368
D kuešt