- AutorIn
- Prof. Dr. Thilo C. Schadeberg
- Dr. Ridder Samsom
- Titel
- Kiinimacho cha mahali: kiambishi tamati cha mahali -ni
- Zitierfähige Url:
- https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-98020
- Quellenangabe
- Swahili-Forum - 1.1994
- Quellenangabe
- Swahili Forum; 1(1994), S. 127-138
- Abstract (EN)
- The locative suffix -ni: In this article we discuss two hypotheses about the origin of the locative suffix -ni. The better known hypothesis (Raum 1909; Meinhof 1941/42) assumes that the suffix -(i)ni developed out of a class 18 demonstrative, though the details of the assumed phonological changes have never been made clear. The competing hypothesis by Sacleux (1939) suggests that locative nouns with -ni started out as compounds with the noun ini `liver´. We think that this second hypothesis is phonologically more plausible and that it also accounts for the specific link with the meaning of class 18 `inside´. Comparison of the spread of the locative suffix -(i)ni and of the word ini `liver´, together with other historical considerations, point to Kiswahili (or Sabaki) as the most likely origin of this locative suffix.
- Freie Schlagwörter (DE)
- Swahili, Linguistik, Lokativ, Suffix
- Freie Schlagwörter (EN)
- Swahili, linguistics, lokative, suffix
- Klassifikation (DDC)
- 496
- Normschlagwörter (GND)
- Swahili, Linguistik, Lokativ, Suffix
- Herausgeber (Institution)
- University of Leiden
- Universität zu Köln
- URN Qucosa
- urn:nbn:de:bsz:15-qucosa-98020
- Veröffentlichungsdatum Qucosa
- 30.11.2012
- Dokumenttyp
- Artikel
- Sprache des Dokumentes
- Swahili