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==Classical Meskangela== | ==Classical Meskangela== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Proto-Meskangela ''*siglah'' (“moon”). Compare Proto-Ilain ''*cilah'' “light”, ''*ˀucilah'' “lightning”. Estern Ilai ''hlaî'' | From Proto-Meskangela ''*siglah'' (“moon”). Compare Proto-Ilain ''*cilah'' “light”, ''*ˀucilah'' “lightning”. Estern Ilai ''hlaî'' “month” is likely an early South Meskangela borrowing. | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
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===Declension=== | ===Declension=== | ||
{{Meskangela-noun|sëlá|sëláh||sëlhá|ēsëlhá|i|}} | {{Meskangela-noun|sëlá|sëláh||sëlhá|ēsëlhá|i|}} | ||
===Derived terms=== | |||
*[[Contionary:malhá|'''malhá''']] – month | |||
[[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Meskangela words]] | [[Category:Contionary]] [[Category:Meskangela words]] | ||
Latest revision as of 16:40, 28 October 2022
Classical Meskangela
Etymology
From Proto-Meskangela *siglah (“moon”). Compare Proto-Ilain *cilah “light”, *ˀucilah “lightning”. Estern Ilai hlaî “month” is likely an early South Meskangela borrowing.
Pronunciation
IPA: [səː.la˥]
Noun
sëlá n
- moon
- ŋwat-tau sëláha ré – the Moon is a celestial body.
- sëlá-tau pharmālwa mëcheŋwā ján stans — the moon usually shines during the night.
Synonyms
- sulhat – *sigʷalāt “moon”, “full moon”
- göŋës – “waxing moon” (“moon” in Western Meskangela)
Declension
| Case | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| non-focused | focused | non-focused | focused | non-focused | focused | |
| Absolutive | sëlá | sëláha | sëláse | sëlásaŋ | sëláheda | sëládaŋ |
| Ergative | sëláhi | sëláhis | sëlási | sëláhissīŋ | sëlátī | sëláhistīŋ |
| Instrumental | sëláho | sëláhon | sëlásën | sëlásnoŋ | sëlánī | sëláhonīŋ |
| Vocative | á sëláho | — | hí sëláho | — | í sëláhoda | — |
| Locative 1 | sëlána | sëlámpā | sëlásin | sëlápaŋ | sëládin | sëlápiŋ |
| Locative 2 | sëláta | sëlátau | sëlátas | sëláttuŋ | sëláhetū | sëlátūŋ |
| Locative 3 | sëlátuhe | sëlátuhu | sëláthis | sëláthuŋ | sëláhetud | sëlátudaŋ |
| Comitative | sëlád | sëlállō | sëlásid | sëláhissaŋ | sëláhedal | sëládalaŋ |
| Ablative | sëlági | sëlágis | sëláski | sëláskiŋ | sëláhekka | sëlákkaŋ |
| Essive | sëlálwa | sëlálwas | sëlásilwa | sëlásilwaŋ | sëláhedza | sëládzaŋ |
| Allative | sëlál | sëlálas | sëlásla | sëláslaŋ | sëláhella | sëlállaŋ |
| Possession | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefix | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||
| 1st person | ŋosëlhá | kassëlá | kaisëlá | |||
| 2nd person | nasëlhá | cusëlhá | kyesëlhá | |||
| 3rd person | kasëlhá | khusëlhá | mēsëlhá | |||
| Inanimate | asëlhá | husëlhá | maisëlá | |||
Derived terms
- malhá – month