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The morpheme -KU- in Runyankore-Rukiga.

Revision as of 09:19, 10 April 2011 by Misah Natumanya (Talk | contribs)

Author: Misah Natumanya

This page examines the grammatical function of the morpheme "KU-/-KU-" in Runyankore-Rukiga. The data is the result of typecraft's phrase search done on April 09, 2011.

The morpheme -ku- is an interesting affix and occupies different morphological positions with different meanings in Runyankore-Rukiga.

"KU" An infinitive Marker: Here this morpheme occupies either the medial position(-KU-) or the initial position(KU-). It is usually proceeded by a verb stem.

infinitive marker
Buri kureeterwa kuriya nirwo rurikukutangirira, obumuri buriho ku orikureetwa kuri nibwo burikukutangiira na n’ebyombeko nabyo tibirikureebeka kubi.
“Every time you come from that direction, its the compound that attracts you. the flowers are available when you are coming from there its the flowers that attracts you and even buildings are not bad.”
Buri
buri
every
DET
kureeterwa
kureetererwa
INFariseFV
V
kuriya
kuriya
INFthereDIST
DEM
nirwo
nirwo
isEMPH11 
PNana
rurikukutangirira
rurikukutangirira
11isPRESINF2SGwelcomeFV
V
obumuri
obumuri
IV14flower
N
buriho
buriho
14PRESthereLOC
V
ku
ku
when
CONJ
orikureetwa
orikureetwa
2SGPRESINFbringPASSFV
V
kuri
kuri
15there
DEM
nibwo
nibwo
isEMPH14 
PNana
burikukutangiira
burikukutangiira
14PRESINF2SGwelcomeFV
V
na
na
with
PREP
n’ebyombeko
n’ebyombeko
andIV8building
N
nabyo
nabyo
and8 
PNana
tibirikureebeka
tibirikureebeka
NEG8PRESINFbe-seenFV
V
kubi
kubi
INFbad
ADVm