itschadingdì

== Pumpokol == === Etymology === Either a verbal compound of *itscha (“*?”) +‎ *ding (“*standing, the act of standing”) or a templatized paradigm involving the verb base *-ding. The origin of this verb base is unclearand there are many contesting theories, for which see each for their respective arguments. The paucity of available data make any etymologizing beyond the prior untenable. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /it͡ʃadiŋdi/ === Verb === itschadingdì ([itscha]-ding⁰꞊di⁻³ (?)) (infinitive *itscha-ding?, *ding?) (intransitive) I stand ==== Usage notes ==== The morphemic segmentation of the prefixed part (itscha-) is unclear. This verb features the only known extent of explicitly recorded verbal conjugation for the Pumpokol language, given by Gerhard Friedrich Müller as following: Itschadingdì. («[itscha]-ding⁰꞊diˣ» “I stand.”) Úe itschádingdu. («[itscha]-ding⁰꞊duˣ ~ ꞊guˣ» “Thou standest.”) Ádu itschádingdu. («[itscha]-ding⁰꞊duˣ» “He, she stands.”) Ádyng itschádingdun. («[itscha]-ding⁰꞊dunˣ» “We stand.”) Ánjang itschádingan. («[itscha]-ding⁰꞊anˣ ~ ꞊ganˣ» “You stand.”) (Not recorded.) («?» “They stand.”) === References === === Further reading === Портфель Миллера in Russian state archives, folio 199. Werner, Heinrich K. (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz KG, →ISBN, pages 171, 182