Adjective Classes - A Cross-Linguistic Typology

5 Adjectives in Mam 139

They can also occur after the verb:

(72) N-ch-ee-tz-tzan pju'n.
pROG-I>3pl-go.out-DiR-well untied
"They went out free.'

(73) X-0-kyakaj-tzan n-kano-'n-a Van.
RECENT DEP-I>3sg-DiR-well Aisg-learn-ss-isg well
'I learned well.'

TABLE i. Summary of properties of nouns, adjectives, positionals, and verbs

Nouns Adjectives Positionals Verbs

Inflect for person/number of subject in • • • •
monovalent predicate (intransitive verb
(V) or non-verbal predicate (N, A, P))
(§2.1)
May take imperfect marker -taq (§2.1) • • • •

May be inflected for person/number of • — — —
possessor (§2.1)

Take tense/aspect/mood inflections (§2.1) — — — •

Take abstract noun derivational suffix -al ~ some • — —
-ill (§2.1)

Take versive derivational suffix -ax —iix — • — —
(§2.1)
Take -saa causative suffix (§2.1) — some — some

Take abstract noun derivational suffixes — • — —
-ab'iil, -le'n (§2.1)

Take the attenuator -ka (§2.1) • • — —

Take the intensifier -xax (§2.1) • • • •

Can be the complement of an existential — • — —
predicate (§2.2)

May directly modify a noun (§2.2) measures • — —

Can be conjoined with b'ix or mo (§2.2) • • • •

Can take the distributive -chaq (§2.2) numbers • — —

Can be modified by intensifier weena or — • — •
attenuator yiin (§2.2)

Negated with miyaa (§2.2) • • — —

Form comparative with relational noun -witz — • — —
(§2.2)

Can be used adverbially (§2.2) — some • —