Hausa Coordination Morphemes

[Sch89] [Has07]

Hausa (Chadic, Nigeria) uses da for both comitative ("with") and conjunction ("and") — a classic WITH-language in [Sta00]'s classification. [Has07] (12) cites [Sch89]:32,36 for the data.

• da — J, free, prepositive medial: "A da B" = 'A and B' / 'A with B'

Consumed by Studies/Haspelmath2007.lean (Haspelmath2007.hausa).

def Hausa.da : Coordinator

da — J particle, also comitative marker. Free, prepositive. Diachronic source: comitative ('with') → coordinator ('and').

Equations

• Hausa.da = { form := "da", gloss := "and; with", role := Coordinator.Role.j, boundness := Boundness.free, note := "comitative-derived; identical form for 'with' and 'and'" }

def Hausa.allEntries : List Coordinator

Equations

• Hausa.allEntries = [Hausa.da]