b'2.The deictic word consists of a discontinuous morpheme (usually ma-.-na) which is attached to a classifier.Examples show some variant forms of the discontinuous morpheme: mataunathat person makainathat tree, that long thin rigid item magudinathat human child miyanathat flat thin flexible item mtonathat man minanathat animal Within the deictic word there are two infixes which attach following the classifier core: first order: a plural marker -si- second order: an alternative marker -we-. These are optional and attach in the stated order to any deictic word. mataunathat person matau-wenathat other person matau-sinathose people matau-si-wenathose other people The deictic word contains a lot of information, and often results in the deletion of the phrases head noun. 3.The number component may contain a specific number or a quantity indicator such as a few, some, many.A specific number is always suffixed to a classifier, but quantity terms stand alone. kwai-tolu three items kwai-luwo-tolu thirty items yatolu three (leaves) ya-luwo-tolu ya-toluthirty three (leaves) mimilisi (yekwesi) some leaves bidubadu (tomota)many people 4.The adjective component has a variety of patterns.There are three types of adjectives: a)Class 1 adjectives are affixed to classifiers, and have both a singular and a plural form. b)Class 2 adjectives (i)may be free forms(ii) may occur affixed to classifiers (iii) may have a plural form produced by reduplication of verb stem. c)Class 3 adjectives stand alone (no classifier present) and have only a singular form. Class 1 adjective -veka big to-veka a big man na-veka a big woman mauna na-vaka.vekabig animals (birds, insects) Class 2 adjectives-poupouthick (pl -pu.poupou) karekwa ya-pu.poupouthick garments -lubulabu dry (no plural form) 22'