Universal #625
Legacy number: 625
| Number | 622 |
| Original | Distributive-key quantifier words and their ordinary counterparts are not morphologically related. |
| Standardized | Distributive-key quantifier words and their ordinary counterparts are not morphologically related. |
| Keywords | quantifier, distributive |
| Domain | morphology |
| Type | unconditional |
| Status | diachronic |
| Quality | statistical |
| Basis | Batak, Bontoc, Indonesian, Tagalog (all W. Malayo-Polynesian, Austronesian), Dyirbal (Pama-Nyungan), Gã (Kwa, Niger-Congo), Georgian (S. Caucasian), Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic), Maricopa (Hokan), Turkish (Turkic, Altaic), Japanese (Japanese-Ryukyuan), Latin, Portuguese, Rumanian, Spanish , Russian, English (all Indo-European), Hebrew (Semitic, Afro-Asiatic) |
| Source | Gil 1992: 319, U5 |
Discussion
Counterexamples
Lakhota (Siouan): the distributive-key universal quantifier ‘iyohila’ is formed from the ordinary universal quantifier ‘iyuha’ by suffixation of the diminutive ‘-la’; Hungarian (Ugric, Uralic): the distributive-key numerals ‘mindkét’ and ‘mindhárom’ are formed from their ordinary counterparts by a process of compounding (Gil 1992: 342, fn. 23)
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