The abessive in the Permic languages

Authors

• Arja Hamari https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3804-3415

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33340/susa.82172

Abstract

In the Permic languages, the forms of the abessive suffix are -te̮g in Komi and -tek in Udmurt. In this study the formal and functional characteristics of the abessive suffixes are treated both in the nominal categories (nouns, pronouns, adjectives, numerals and adverbs) and in verbs. The focus of this investigation is on the similarities and differences that can be detected, firstly, between the two closely related languages and, secondly, between the nominal and verbal categories. The study is mainly based on the Komi and Udmurt standard languages; the study material has been collected from two newspapers, Komi mu and Udmurt duńńe.