Georgian indefinite pronouns

This file defines the five Georgian indefinite series, all built on the interrogatives of Georgian.Pronouns. The specific -γac-series has vi-γac 'someone', the non-specific -me-series vin-me 'anyone', and the three negative series ara-vin, vera-vin and nura-vin 'nobody'. The negative prefixes come from the negators ar, ver and nu, and a clause takes the series of its negator. A negative indefinite normally co-occurs with verbal negation, which may be omitted; Haspelmath knows of no rule for the omission (§8.2.4). Free choice has no series and is expressed by the adjective nebismieri 'arbitrary, any'.

Main definitions

• Georgian.Indefinites.γac, Georgian.Indefinites.me: the markers of the two non-negative series.
• Georgian.Indefinites.negative: the marker of a negative series with a given prefix.
• Georgian.Indefinites.γacSeries, meSeries, araSeries, veraSeries, nuraSeries: the series.

Implementation notes

Forms follow Haspelmath's transliteration and hyphenation, with γ where Hewitt writes ġ. A member that departs from its interrogative, such as vi-γac or ara-sodes 'never', keeps the interrogative's category under its own form. Haspelmath tabulates only the ara-series (A.34); the vera- and nura-members are Hewitt's (§3.2.8, §3.5.4).

References

• [Has97]
• [Hew95]

The markers

def Georgian.Indefinites.γac : InterrogativePronoun → IndefinitePronoun

The -γac-series attaches the specific suffix -γac to the interrogative.

Equations

• Georgian.Indefinites.γac = IndefinitePronoun.ofInterrogative fun (x : String) => x ++ "-γac"

def Georgian.Indefinites.me : InterrogativePronoun → IndefinitePronoun

The -me-series attaches the non-specific suffix -me to the interrogative.

Equations

• Georgian.Indefinites.me = IndefinitePronoun.ofInterrogative fun (x : String) => x ++ "-me"

def Georgian.Indefinites.negative (neg : String) : InterrogativePronoun → IndefinitePronoun

The negative series with prefix neg attaches neg to the interrogative; the prefix is ara in the neutral series, vera in the potential and nura in the prohibitive.

Equations

• Georgian.Indefinites.negative neg = IndefinitePronoun.ofInterrogative fun (x : String) => neg ++ "-" ++ x

def Georgian.Indefinites.peri (neg : String) : IndefinitePronoun

The thing member of a negative series is built on peri in place of ra, as in ara-peri 'nothing'.

Equations

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def Georgian.Indefinites.vitari (neg : String) : IndefinitePronoun

The determiner member of a negative series is built on vitari in place of romeli, as in ara-vitari 'no'.

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The person row

def Georgian.Indefinites.viγac : IndefinitePronoun

vi-γac 'someone' is the -γac-member of vin 'who', built on its stem vi-.

Equations

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def Georgian.Indefinites.vinMe : IndefinitePronoun

vin-me 'anyone' is the -me-member of vin 'who'.

Equations

• Georgian.Indefinites.vinMe = Georgian.Indefinites.me Georgian.Pronouns.vin

def Georgian.Indefinites.araVin : IndefinitePronoun

ara-vin 'nobody' is the neutral negative member of vin 'who'.

Equations

• Georgian.Indefinites.araVin = Georgian.Indefinites.negative "ara" Georgian.Pronouns.vin

The series

def Georgian.Indefinites.γacSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The -γac-series has a member for each interrogative.

Equations

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def Georgian.Indefinites.meSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The -me-series has a member for each interrogative.

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def Georgian.Indefinites.araSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The ara-series has two thing members, ara-peri and the older ara-ra, and no manner member; ar-sad 'nowhere' takes the short prefix and ara-sodes 'never' is built on sodes.

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def Georgian.Indefinites.veraSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The potential series has the members vera-vin 'nobody', vera-peri 'nothing' and vera-vitari 'no'.

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def Georgian.Indefinites.nuraSeries : IndefinitePronoun.Series

The prohibitive series has the members nura-vin 'nobody', nura-peri 'nothing' and nura-vitari 'no'.

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