Universal #1497

Legacy number: 1497

 Number  1493
 Original  Incorporated nouns attach to the left of the verb stem in not-verb-initial languages.
 Standardized  IF basic word order is not-verb-initial (i.e. verb-medial or verb-final), THEN nouns attach to the left of the verb stem when incorporated.
 Keywords  incorporation, order, verb-medial, verb-final
 Domain  morphology, syntax
 Type  implication
 Status  achronic
 Quality  absolute
 Basis  languages with object-incorporation, including Chukchi (Chukchi-Kamchatkan), Yana (Hokan), Kitonemuk (Uto-Aztecan), Gunbalang (Gunwingguan, Australian), Onondaga (Iroquoian), Aztec (Uto-Aztecan), Tongan, Fijian (both Oceanic, Eastern Malayo-Polynesian), Malagasy (Barito, Western Malayo-Polynesian), Turkish (Altaic), and others
 Source  Mardirussian 1975: 386

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Discussion
Counterexamples
Possible exception: Sora: (Munda), which is not verb-initial and the noun attaches to the right (Mardirussian 1975: 386).