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Title
Kiinimacho cha mahali: kiambishi tamati cha mahali -ni |
Full text
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-98020; http://www.qucosa.de/fileadmin/data/qucosa/documents/9802/1_07_schadeberg.pdf |
Date
2012 |
Author(s)
Schadeberg, Thilo C.; Samsom, Ridder |
Contributor(s)
University of Leiden, Humanities; Universität zu Köln, Institut für Afrikanistik |
Abstract
The locative suffix -ni: In this article we discuss two hypotheses about the origin of the locative suffix -ni. The better known hypothesis (Raum 1909; Meinhof 1941/42) assumes that the suffix -(i)ni developed out of a class 18 demonstrative, though the details of the assumed phonological changes have never been made clear. The competing hypothesis by Sacleux (1939) suggests that locative nouns with -ni started out as compounds with the noun ini 'liver'. We think that this second hypothesis is phonologically more plausible and that it also accounts for the specific link with the meaning of class 18 'inside'. Comparison of the spread of the locative suffix -(i)ni and of the word ini 'liver', together with other historical considerations, point to Kiswahili (or Sabaki) as the most likely origin of this locative suffix. |
Subject(s)
Swahili; Linguistik; Lokativ; Suffix; Swahili; linguistics; lokative; suffix; ddc:496; Swahili; Linguistik; Lokativ; Suffix |
Language
swh |
Publisher
Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig |
Type of publication
doc-type:article |
Format
application/pdf |
Source
Swahili Forum; 1(1994), S. 127-138 |
Identifier
urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-98020 |
Repository
Dresden - Hochschulschriftenserver
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