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* '''Stative verbs''' (<code>STA</code>) describe a situation or action that is unchanging over a long period of time. Stative verbs do not describe temporary actions, but rather the result of a temporary action or a series of temporary actions that identify the subject. | * '''Stative verbs''' (<code>STA</code>) describe a situation or action that is unchanging over a long period of time. Stative verbs do not describe temporary actions, but rather the result of a temporary action or a series of temporary actions that identify the subject. | ||
* '''Durative verbs''' (<code>DUR</code>) are dynamic and indicate that an action is in progress from one state to another. | * '''Durative verbs''' (<code>DUR</code>) are dynamic and indicate that an action is in progress from one state to another. | ||
* '''Telic verbs''' (<code> | * '''Telic verbs''' (<code>TEL</code>) are dynamic and punctual, describing an action with an endpoint. More specifically, it refers to any action that has been completed as intended. In most situations, it strongly implies the past or future tense and the perfective grammatical aspect. | ||
* '''Atelic verbs''' (<code>ATEL</code>) are dynamic and punctual, describing an action that does not have an intended endpoint. Like the telic, this aspect strongly implies the past or future tense, but is often grammatically imperfective. | * '''Atelic verbs''' (<code>ATEL</code>) are dynamic and punctual, describing an action that does not have an intended endpoint. Like the telic, this aspect strongly implies the past or future tense, but is often grammatically imperfective. | ||
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The Wistanian Lexicon currently stands at 300 words as of May 2018, with a goal of accomplishing 2,500 words by the end of the year. A link to the lexicon can be found at the bottom of this article, under "Other Resources" | The Wistanian Lexicon currently stands at 300 words as of May 2018, with a goal of accomplishing 2,500 words by the end of the year. A link to the lexicon can be found at the bottom of this article, under "Other Resources" | ||
=== | ===Kinship=== | ||
'' | Wistanian kinship is a modified version of the Hawaiian system common in most Malayo-Polynesian languages. In this system, siblings and first cousins share terms with only a gender and age distinction. Mothers are usually given a term of endearment by their children (usually '''''mu'''''), but a child's aunts will also be called "mother" and the father and uncles will share terms as well. Most of Wistanian culture is ambilineal and matrifocal, so that children live and associate closest to their mother and her family. For this reason, a child's mother's brother will often be just as much of a father figure as the child's biological father, who may or may not be involved in the family. | ||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;" | daran | |||
| male older brother or cousin | |||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;" | yida | |||
| male younger brother or cousin | |||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;" | madya | |||
| female older sister or cousin | |||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;" | yima | |||
| female younger sister or cousin | |||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;" | imaun | |||
| uncle/aunt by marriage | |||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;" | maumu | |||
| mother/aunt by blood | |||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;" | vauhi | |||
| father/uncle by blood | |||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;" | yi daz | |||
| husband (lit. "my man") | |||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;" | yi laz | |||
| wife (lit. "my woman") | |||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;" | jyam | |||
| child, offspring | |||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;" | audi/aumi | |||
| grandfather/grandmother | |||
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! style="text-align: center; font-weight:bold; font-style:italic;" | aujyam | |||
| grandchild | |||
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The Bwolotil people are more nuclear, consisting of only a mother, father, and one or two children. They have their own kinship terms from their language. Some Katapu share the typical family structure and kinship terms, however most families are extended, where families live amongst the mother's extended family, and fathers are usually present in the home. Most of their kinship terms also come from the Katapu language, but some Wistanian terms are borrowed as well. | |||
===Colors=== | ===Colors=== | ||