Number: number
| Values: | Dual | Plur | Sing |
In Khoekhoe, Number is a feature of nominals: nouns, proper nouns, and pronouns. It is also an inflectional feature of other parts of speech (adjectives, determiners), and adverbs) that mark agreement with nominals when they follow them, and of numerals when they function as nominals (e.g., ǀguis ge ge kō “one looked”).
Sing: singular number
A singular noun denotes one person, animal or thing.
Examples
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khoeb “a man”
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gomas “a cow”
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xū-i “a thing”
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tita “I”, sats “you (masc.)”, sas “you (fem.)”, ǁîb “he” ǁîs “she”, ǁî-i “it”
Plur: plural number
A plural noun denotes several (more than two) persons, animals or things.
Examples
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khoegu “men”
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gomadi “cows”
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xūn “things”
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sige “we (masc. excl.)”, sise “we (fem. excl.)”, sida “we (neut. excl.)”, sage “we (masc. incl.)”, sase “we (fem. incl.)”, sada “we (neut. incl.)”, sago “you (masc.)”, saso “you (fem.)”, sadu “you (neut.)”, ǁîgu “they (masc.)”, ǁîdi “they (fem.)”, ǁîn “they (neut.)”
Dual: dual number
A dual noun denotes two persons, animals or things.
Examples
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khoekha “two men”
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gomara “two cows”
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xūra “two things”
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sikhom “we two (masc. excl.)”, sim “we two (fem./neut. excl.)”, sakhom “we two (masc. excl.)”, sam “we two (fem./neut. excl.)”, sakho “you two (masc.)”, saro “you two (fem./neut.)”, ǁîkha “they two (masc.)”, ǁîra “they two (fem./neut.)”
Number in other languages: [ab] [arr] [bej] [bg] [bm] [bor] [cs] [cy] [el] [en] [es] [ess] [eu] [fi] [fr] [ga] [gn] [gub] [hbo] [hu] [hy] [it] [ka] [ky] [myv] [orv] [pcm] [ps] [pt] [qpm] [ru] [sl] [sv] [tpn] [tr] [tt] [u] [uk] [urb] [urj] [xcl]