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(→Modality: Changed table formatting to match updated evidentiality table below.) |
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===Colour terms=== | ===Colour terms=== | ||
Colours are mainly expressed through qualitative converbs, likening the appearance of the referent to something else, such as {{ash|mea}} "fire" → {{ash|nayya}} "red; yellow; orange; brown" or {{ash|{{AshMidhook|ảo}}}} "sea" → {{ash|ảyya}} "blue; green". They are used together with attributive verbs. | Colours are mainly expressed through qualitative converbs, likening the appearance of the referent to something else, such as {{ash|mea}} "fire" → {{ash|nayya}} "red; yellow; orange; brown" or {{ash|{{AshMidhook|ảo}}}} "sea" → {{ash|ảyya}} "blue; green". They are used together with attributive verbs, which have longer allomorphs in subordinating position. | ||
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{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase={{ash| | |phrase={{ash|bahba go nayy’ <u>oa</u> we}} | ||
|gloss=fire-CVB:QUAL shine | |gloss=dog=CLF fire-CVB:QUAL <u>shine</u>=MOD | ||
|translation= | |translation=The dog is brown. | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|phrase={{ash|e nayy’ <u>oada</u> bahba go}} | |||
|gloss=MOD=fire-CVB:QUAL <u>shine.ATTR</u> dog=CLF | |||
|translation=It's a brown dog. | |||
}} | |||
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===Weather and phenomena=== | ===Weather and phenomena=== | ||