00_Noun Classification (Gender) in Asaxi

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Grammatical Concept: Noun Classification (Gender) in Asaxi

In Asaxi, 01_Asaxi Nouns (List) are classed by warmth. This means that typically, things which are animated or otherwise radiate heat are “warm”, and things which do not are “cold”.

Morphological Marking

Warmth determines:

• The form of the adjectives derived from the source nouns:
  • For warm: suffix -nă
  • For cold: suffix -nýj
• The form of the definite article determiner:
  • For warm: onă (Determiner)
  • For cold: onýj (Determiner)