Suppletion is a process where a lexeme is changed in such a way that the new form does not resemble the previous when it appears in a different position in the paradigm. An example of this is English went and go. In this case, the verb is suppletive for tense. Only so called 'strong suppletion' counts here, 'weak' suppletion is not included.
Only answer 1 if there are more than three examples of strong suppletion. Body parts and kinship terms are a good place to start investigating.
Ket (ISO 639-3: ket, Glottolog: kett1243)
Georg (2007:100) states that there are suppletive forms for number and gives the following examples. The descriptions states that there are more than these three, but only three are given for illustrative purposes. Ket is coded as 1 for this feature.
| singular | plural | English translation |
|---|---|---|
| ke?d | de?ŋ | 'person/human being' |
| ōks | a?q | 'tree' |
| qo?d | qɨ́neŋ | 'way/road' |
Corbett, Greville G. 2000. Number. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Corbett, Greville G. 2009. Suppletion: Typology, markedness, complexity. In Patrick O. Steinkrüger & Manfred Krifka (eds), On Inflection, 25–40. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
Georg, Stefan. 2007. A descriptive grammar of Ket: Part I: Introduction, phonology and morphology. Kent, UK: Global Oriental.
Morphological number marking
Phonologically free number marking
Number agreement
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| 0 | absent | 1600 | |
| 1 | present | 144 | |
| ? | Not known | 608 |
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