Thepertingent case is agrammatical case found in theTlingit language.[1] It is used to refer to something which is touching something else: for example, in English, "the chairtouching the table", or "against the wall".
In the Tlingit language, the pertingent case is marked with the suffix-x̱. For instance,ÿax̱- is the pertingent form ofÿán, meaning “shore”. In Tlingit, the case may also be used to refer to the membership of a group. The phraseKaagwaantaan-x̱ means “they are of the Kaagwaantaan clan”. This usage of the case can be found in sentences containingstativeimperfectives that refer to multiple positions. For example, the phraseáx̱ naadákwt means “bodies of water lie here and there upon it.”[2]
It is also found in theArchi language.
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