Appendix C: List of Arbore Plural Gender Nouns

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Appendix C: List of Arbore Plural Gender Nouns

Only nouns of which the main dictionary form, as given by Hayward (1984), is of plural gender, or those that are (partially) suppletive forms or those that have plural suffixes that do not appear in Hayward’s(1984) discussion, are given in this list.

ʔedanó testicles ʔeenú milk ʔilkó teeth

ʔin̄ḍá eyes, springs - of water ʔohó mouth, language ʔudú faeces, dung

ʔummó children - collectively bičé water

birḍá something which has been stolen

birḍá top, peak

boḍḍó water-lily, and in particular the seeds, which are used as a foodstuff

bón̄ḅ pond ḍaymayé bat(s) gelḍumá lovers

gerḍó bellies, abdomens haaló The Pleiades hakkó eggs

herḍó poison

hiḍimá tears

hiiró light - of sun or moon hols̄á stalks

hun̄ḍá legs

hunná physical strength kalanó kidneys

karisó molar(s)

korbó door made of interwoven lathes

maaró presents given to a bride’s family

moyḍé eyebrow, eyelashes

mulkó iron anklets which are worn as asset

nebbéh ears reeḳá backbone sin̄ḍá urine soonó nose

tummannó ribs, ribcage zan̄ḳó dream(s) zanné charcoal