docs(zikãti): possessive determiners, vocabulary, some grammar
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@ -134,6 +134,10 @@ suffixes, see [[file:zikãti.md#abbreviations][Abbreviations]].
When the negative prefix is associated with a verb, it acts as a
negative towards the verb itself.
The prefix *qi-* produces adjectives most of the time, but its name as
an adjectivizer is a bit misleading as it can occasionaly produce
adverbs, e.g. *qigi* /before/ from *gi* /from/ (see [[file:./zikãti#gi-from][gi]]).
***** Suffixes
- -dãt :: PART
- -gãs :: AGAT
@ -185,12 +189,30 @@ In noun phrases, adjectives, relatives clauses, numerals, possessives,
and genitives preceed the noun while determiners follow it. By order
of element closest to the noun, they rank as follows:
- determiner
- possessive
- adjective
- numeral
- genitive
- relative
The genitive also holds the possessive of the name. In Zikãti, a noun
cannot hold both a genitive and a possessive at the same time.
*** Determiners
**** Possessive determiners
Possessive determiners are anaphoric clitics suffixed to a noun or the
head of a noun phrase. They take the same form as the non-past
accusative anaphoric clitics found in verbal agreement as shown in
[[file:./zikãti#verbs][verbs]].
#+html: ::: tip Example
pimbiqa / snack-1s / my snack
humbiup / knife-3p / their knife
#+html: :::
These clitics take the place of the genitive element of nouns phrases
as shown in [[file:./zikãti#noun-phrase-order][noun phrase order]].
*** Verbs
Verbs in Zikãti agree with their subject and object in person and
number, with anaphoric clitics, but these clitics also indicate the
@ -201,16 +223,16 @@ still carry over to the present.
Anaphoric clitics are suffixed to the verb with the subject first
followed by the objects clitic.
| | non-past subject | non-past object | past subject | past object |
|-----+------------------+-----------------+--------------+-------------|
| 1s | qa | tut | raq | qut |
| 2s | lu | pia | lur | a |
| 3s | i | lih | hi | lih |
| 4s | bu | qur | bu | qur |
| 1px | gai | ar | gai | tar |
| 1pi | zu | iq | qir | zur |
| 2p | lai | iaz | uit | iaz |
| 3p | pi | up | au | up |
| | non-past nominative | non-past accusative | past nominative | past accusative |
|-----+---------------------+---------------------+-----------------+-----------------|
| 1s | qa | tut | raq | qut |
| 2s | lu | pia | lur | a |
| 3s | i | lih | hi | lih |
| 4s | bu | qur | bu | qur |
| 1px | gai | ar | gai | tar |
| 1pi | zu | iq | qir | zur |
| 2p | lai | iaz | uit | iaz |
| 3p | pi | up | au | up |
#+html: ::: tip Example
- kãtikõthẽqa :: I hike
@ -298,8 +320,20 @@ See [[file:./zikãti#taq-core-kernel][taq]] and [[file:./zikãti#disur-body][dis
- disurtaq (n., con.) :: core entity or body, main entity or body
*** gi - from
- gi (adv) :: from
- gi (adv.) :: from
- gisõr (n.) :: origin
- higi (n.) :: past
- qihigi (adj.) :: past
- qigi (adv.) :: before
- igi (n.) :: past of something, of someone, collection of all that
happened to an entity
- pigi (adv.) :: weak “from”, with uncertainty
#+html: ::: tip Example
pigi qusahsõr sahrãiqur
- DIM-from memory remember-3s.NPST.NOM-4s.NPST.ACC
- pi-gi qusahsõr sahrã-i-qur
He thinks about it, maybe remembers it
#+html: :::
*** hiti - fire, light
- hiti (n.) :: fire, light
@ -407,6 +441,7 @@ See [[file:zikãti#lud-breath-life][lud]] and [[file:zikãti#miz-water-stream][m
- qisah (adj) :: mindful, attentive
- qisahsõr (n.) :: mindfulness, attention
- sahdãt (adj) :: though of, known, present in the mind
- sahdãtrã (TR) :: to know
- zisah (n.) :: philosopher, guru, scientist
- rasah (n.) :: temple, school
- husah (n.) :: deep though, important dialog, important speech (made