kehsonul
Malecite-Passamaquoddy
Etymology
kehsi (“so much; how many”) with the inanimate plural suffix -ul. Also see kehs, kehsu.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkeh.sə.nul/, [ˈɡæː˧˦.sə.nul]
Particle
kehsonul
- (interrogative) how much, how many (of an inanimate noun)
Verb
kehsonul
- (inanimate, intransitive, following numbers greater than five) there are (that many) of them
- Esqonatek kehsonul ― There are nine of them (inanimate)
See also
- (animate): kehsuwok
References
- Passamaquoddy-Maliseet language portal
- LeSourd, Philip S. (1993) Accent and Syllable Structure in Passamaquoddy, New York: Garland Publishing