Kannada Indefinite Pronouns

[Has97] [DA25] [Bub26] [DH13b]

Kannada indefinites are formed by suffixing particles to interrogative pronouns: yāru-oo 'someone (specific unknown)', yāru-aadaruu 'anyone (non-specific)', etc. Per [DH13b] F46A, Kannada is classified .interrogativeBased.

-oo is the canonical example of D&A type vii specific-unknown (dep(v,x) ∧ var(∅,x)): a conjunctive requirement making the referent constant within each epistemic world but varying across worlds — "specific but unknown." This conjunctive type is cross-linguistically rare ([Bub26] §6, [DA25]).

def Kannada.Indefinites.ooEntry : Indefinite.IndefinitePronoun

Kannada -oo: specific-unknown indefinite suffix on interrogative bases (e.g., yāru-oo 'someone'). D&A type vii: dep(v,x) ∧ var(∅,x). [Has97], [DA25].

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def Kannada.Indefinites.aadaruuEntry : Indefinite.IndefinitePronoun

Kannada -aadaruu: non-specific indefinite suffix on interrogative bases (e.g., yāru-aadaruu 'anyone'). D&A type iii: var(v,x).

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def Kannada.Indefinites.paradigm : Indefinite.IndefiniteParadigm

The Kannada indefinite paradigm: SK gap, NS + SU only.

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• Kannada.Indefinites.paradigm = { language := "Kannada", isoCode := "kan", forms := [Kannada.Indefinites.ooEntry, Kannada.Indefinites.aadaruuEntry] }

theorem Kannada.Indefinites.kannada_paradigm_is_interrogativeBased : paradigm.toWALS46A = some Data.WALS.F46A.IndefinitePronouns.interrogativeBased

Kannada's WALS F46A classification: single basis .interrogative across both forms → derives .interrogativeBased.