(Udmurt)

AdjNoNSuff / AdjNoN=Adj

AdjNoNSuff: Adjectives can appear without a noun; this requires the use of a nominalizer suffix.

AdjNoN=Adj: Adjectives can appear without a noun; the bare adjective appears with no morphological change.

(1)ul-i-zy-vyl-i-zy kykbrat-jos,pokći-jezkuańer,byʒ́ʒ́ym-ez
livePST3SGbePST3SGtwobrotherPLsmallDETpoorbigDET
uzyr.
rich
’There were two brothers, the younger one poor, the older one rich.’ (Nikolaeva 2003: 141)

(2)- kyćetynadjaratonobujol-ed?
what_likeyou.GENfavouritecolour2SG
- töďy.
white
’What is your favourite colour?’ ’White.’ (Y. S.)

In Udmurt adjectives used as nouns usually take the determinative suffix -(j)ez (1) (Csúcs 1990: 43, Efremov 2011: 67), but can be used in their bare forms as well occasionally (2) (Perevoshchikov et al. 1962: 136, Y. S.).

Author: Erika Asztalos


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