Number | Class name | Meaning | Example |
---|---|---|---|
1. | o 𞤮 | Person singular | laam-ɗo 'chief'; also loan words |
2. | ɓe 𞤩𞤫 | Person plural | laam-ɓe 'chiefs' |
3. | ngel 𞤲'𞤺𞤫𞤤 | Diminutive singular | loo-ngel 'little pot' |
4. | kal 𞤳𞤢𞤤 | Diminutive quantities | con-al 'small quantity of flour' |
5. | ngum/kum 𞤲'𞤺𞤵𞤥/𞤳𞤵𞤥 | Diminutive pejorative | laam-ngum/laam-kum 'worthless little chief' |
6. | kon/koy 𞤳𞤮𞤲/𞤳𞤮𞤴 | Diminutive plural | ullu-kon/ullu-koy 'small cats/kittens' |
7. | nde 𞤲𞥋𞤣𞤫 | Various, including globular objects, places, times | loo-nde 'storage pot' |
8. | ndi 𞤲𞥋𞤣𞤭 | Various, including uncountable nouns | com-ri 'tiredness' |
9. | ndu 𞤲𞥋𞤣𞤵 | Various | ullu-ndu 'cat' |
10. | nga 𞤲'𞤺𞤢 | Various, including some large animals | nood-a 'crocodile' |
11. | nge 𞤲'𞤺𞤫 | mainly for 'cow,' 'fire,' 'sun' 'hunger,' | nagg-e 'cow' |
12. | ngo 𞤲'𞤺𞤮 | Various | juu-ngo 'hand' |
13. | ngu 𞤲'𞤺𞤵 | Various | ɓow-ngu 'mosquito' |
14. | ngal 𞤲'𞤺𞤢𞤤 | Various including augmentative singular | ɗem-ngal 'tongue' |
15. | ngol 𞤲'𞤺𞤮𞤤 | Various, often long things | ɓog-gol 'rope' |
16. | ngii/ngil 𞤲'𞤺𞤭𞥅/𞤲'𞤺𞤭𞤤 | Various including augmentative singular | ɓog-gii/ɓog-gii 'big rope' |
17. | ka 𞤳𞤢 | Various | laan-a 'boat' |
18. | ki 𞤳𞤭 | Various | lek-ki 'tree' |
19. | ko 𞤳𞤮 | Various | haak-o 'soup' |
20. | kol 𞤳𞤮𞤤 | 'Calf' 'foal' | ñal-ol 'calf', mol-ol 'foal' |
21. | ɗam 𞤯𞤢𞤥 | mainly for liquids | lam-ɗam 'salt', ndiy-am 'water' |
22. | ɗum 𞤯𞤵𞤥 | Neutral | maw-ɗum 'big thing' |
23. | ɗe 𞤯𞤫 | Nonhuman plural | juu-ɗe 'hands' |
24. | ɗi 𞤯𞤭 | Nonhuman plural | na'i 'cows' |
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