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====reduplication as copulative====
====reduplication as copulative====
creates copulative form, e.g. ''yow'' 'shade' → ''yoyow'' '(Y) is shade'
creates copulative form, e.g. ''yow'' 'shade' → ''yoyow'' '(Y) is shade'
==syntax==
===noun phrasis==
===compounding===

Revision as of 05:30, 6 January 2016

Phonology

the vowels

i
             o
      a

the consonants

     t tʰ k kʰ
          s sʰ h
                  ʔ ʕ
            y w
m n

syllable

The syllable is bound:

  • C(g)V(g)(C)

where g = glide, and C = any consonant

phonological word

Additional binds:

can only end on a nasal, glide, vowel, fricative.

e.g. ~takʰ → [takkʰa]

prasadī

da sentinz

  • da indicative sentinz is intoned σ31
  • da interrogative intones σ13(4)

morphology

verbs

prefix verb extension

s-prefix
h-prefix
m-prefix

nomina

-t-

augments da nomen

-n-

intensifies da meaning

-sʰ-

dat be a tool

reduplication

reduplication as copulative

creates copulative form, e.g. yow 'shade' → yoyow '(Y) is shade'

syntax

=noun phrasis

compounding