Intrative case
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The intrative case is a case that roughly expresses the notion of the English preposition "amidst".
It is found in the Limbu language
, where it occurs with the locative
suffix -ʼō. When conjoined, the two morpheme
s are pronounced as -lummō.
* anchi is the first person dual inclusive
pronoun, thus "you and me".
It is found in the Limbu language
Limbu language
Limbu is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim, Kashmir and Darjeeling district, West Bengal, India, by the Limbu community. Virtually all Limbus are bilingual in Nepali....
, where it occurs with the locative
Locative case
Locative is a grammatical case which indicates a location. It corresponds vaguely to the English prepositions "in", "on", "at", and "by"...
suffix -ʼō. When conjoined, the two morpheme
Morpheme
In linguistics, a morpheme is the smallest semantically meaningful unit in a language. The field of study dedicated to morphemes is called morphology. A morpheme is not identical to a word, and the principal difference between the two is that a morpheme may or may not stand alone, whereas a word,...
s are pronounced as -lummō.
| anchi-lum-ʼō | mi | nɛ̄ | ||||
| we*-ITRT-LOC | fire | be.situated | ||||
| "There is a fire between us two." | ||||||
Clusivity
In linguistics, clusivity is a distinction between inclusive and exclusive first-person pronouns and verbal morphology, also called inclusive "we" and exclusive "we"...
pronoun, thus "you and me".