Universal #1433
Legacy number: 1433
| Number | 1429 |
| Original | If a language lacks the category of gender, then hydronyms always contain categorial markers. |
| Standardized | IF there is no gender, THEN hydronyms always contain formatives classifying them as such. |
| Formula | (agglutinative morphology ⇒)¬ gender ⇒ categorial markers with hydronyms |
| Keywords | gender, hydronym, agglutination |
| Domain | inflection, lexicon |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | unspecified |
| Source | Serebrennikov 1974: 296 |
Discussion
Notes
In agglutinative languages, hydronyms most commonly contain words that function as categorial markers, e.g. in Komi, river names usually have words "ju" or "va", meaning 'river'. Finnish river names contanin the word "joki": Kalajoki, Pühajoki, Kemijoki. Conversely, Russian hydronyms are characterized by a considerable number of elliptic names, e.g. Belaja (reka) - 'white (river)', Velikaja (reka) - 'great (river)'. (Serebrennikov 1974: 296)
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Conversely, Russian hydronyms are characterized by a considerable number of elliptic names, e.g. Belaja (reka) - 'white (river)', Velikaja (reka) - 'great (river)'. (Serebrennikov 1974: 296)