…That is, all nouns are classified into several classes, and each class has a class marker. For example, in the Kasele language of northern Togo (Niger-Congo branch, Volta group), (1) o‐ta (singular), i‐ta (plural) (horse), (2) o‐nyi (singular), be‐nyi (plural) (person), (3) bu‐ci (singular), i‐ci (plural) (tree). Here, the noun classes are in singular/plural pairs, and the nouns belonging to the o‐/i‐class in (1) have the basic meaning of (animal class), the o‐/be‐ in (2) has the basic meaning of (human class), and the bu‐/i‐ in (3) has the basic meaning of (plant class). … *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Kasele" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…すなわち,すべての名詞がいくつかのクラス(部類)に分類され,それぞれのクラスが指標class markerをもつ。たとえば,トーゴ北部のカセレ語Kasele(ニジェール・コンゴ語派ボルタ語群)では,(1)o‐ta(単数),i‐ta(複数)〈馬〉,(2)o‐nyi(単数),be‐nyi(複数)〈人〉,(3)bu‐ci(単数),i‐ci(複数)〈木〉となる。ここでは,名詞クラスは単数・複数の対になっており,(1)のo‐/i‐クラスに属する名詞は〈動物クラス〉,(2)のo‐/be‐は〈人間クラス〉,(3)のbu‐/i‐は〈植物クラス〉という基本的な意味をもつ。… ※「Kasele」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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