-taj

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Nivaclé

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Alternative forms

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Suffix

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-taj (plural -tas)

  1. similative suffx, used with names of animals and plants to indicate a different species
    cuvôyu (horse) + ‎-taj → ‎cuvôyutaj (donkey)
    tashinsha (deer) + ‎-taj → ‎tashinshtaj (sheep)
    napʼuc (salted shrub) + ‎-taj → ‎naapcutaj (salt)

Usage notes

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  • Epenthetic i often appears before the suffix when preceded by a consonant to break disallowed consonant clusters.

References

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  • Fabre, Alain (2016) Gramática de la lengua Nivacle (familia Mataguayo, Chaco Paraguayo) (Lincom Studies in Native American Linguistics 78) (in Spanish), Munich: Lincom, →ISBN, page 139.