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-DIM (diminutive)
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Only two two pronouns can be used as a base for the diminutive suffix -DIM in order to derive a noun. These are hij he > hijke male lapwing and sij she > sijke female lapwing. As can be seen, the result can only refer to lapwings. Both derivations have neuter gender.

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More information can be found in the treatment of the core case of diminutive formation, i.e. in the realm of (count) nouns, and especially in the section on a pronoun as base. Note that the possibility of an alternative analysis is left open there, in which case we would not have a pronominal but rather a nominal base.

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