Idavo-Etalocian languages: Difference between revisions

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*Nouns also had passive, causative and antipassive voices.
*Nouns also had passive, causative and antipassive voices.
==Etyma==
==Etyma==
*''ʔấns'' 'precious'
*''ấns'' 'precious'
**Shalian '' 'aans'' 'dear'; '' 'áanwhaiam'' 'to cherish'
**Shalian '' 'aans'' 'dear'; '' 'áanwhaiam'' 'to cherish'
*''-kʷei'' 'verbalizer'
*''-kʷei'' 'verbalizer'
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**Shalian ''Manayunk'' 'god of rivers'
**Shalian ''Manayunk'' 'god of rivers'
*''yát-sẩâk'' "same breast" > yasái'kh 'brother'
*''yát-sẩâk'' "same breast" > yasái'kh 'brother'
*''-onkʷ' '' = "big"
*''onkʷ' '' = "big"
**Shalian ''-unk'' honorific
**Shalian ''-unk'' honorific