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Author: [[User: Misah Natumanya|Misah Natumanya]]

This page examines the grammatical function of the morpheme "KU-/-KU-" in Runyankore-Rukiga.
The data is the result of typecraft's phrase search done on April 09, 2011.

The morpheme -ku- is an interesting affix and occupies different morphological positions with different meanings in Runyankore-Rukiga.

'''"KU" An infinitive Marker:'''
Here it occupies either the medial position(-KU-) or the initial position(KU-). It is usually proceeded by a verb stem.

KU as an infinitive marker <Phrase>18188</Phrase>


KU as a Spatial proximal suffix or locative marker <Phrase>13485</Phrase> 

 
KU as a Spatial proximal prefix as well as a noun class (CL 17) marker <Phrase>18626</Phrase>

KU as a Class prefix marker for noun class (CL15) o-ku-guru(leg)<Phrase>13502</Phrase>

KU as an object pronoun marker <Phrase>19023</Phrase>

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