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{{Infobox language | {{Infobox language | ||
|image = | |image = Ahba.svg | ||
|imagesize = 100px | |imagesize = 100px | ||
|imagecaption = [[Verse:Ash/Onnawasta|Onnawasta]] emblem of [[Verse:Ash/Appa|Appa]] | |||
|name = Ash | |name = Ash | ||
|nativename = '' | |nativename = ''ʼạhgaa'' | ||
|pronunciation = [ | |pronunciation = [ˈʔɑħˌqɑː] | ||
|creator = [[User:Prinsessa|Ava Skoog]] | |creator = [[User:Prinsessa|Ava Skoog]] | ||
|familycolor = ? | |familycolor = ? | ||
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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
'''Ash''' ('' | '''Ash''' (''ʼạhgaa'', lit. "seaspeak", IPA [ˈʔɑħˌqɑː]) is the anglicised name of a language mostly spoken around coastal areas, notably the town of [[Verse:Ash/Appa|Appa]] (''ʼahba''). Its speakers are familiar with technological advancements such as nautical vessels and steam locomotives. | ||
The language is | The language is synthetic, largely based around agglutination with fusional elements. There is a great focus on verbs, nominals being mostly uninflected, and significant pro-drop tendencies and a general focus around deixis rather than pronominal distinctions. The word order is heavily SOV. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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===Phonemes=== | ===Phonemes=== | ||
Due to the small number of underlying sounds in Ash and their high degree of allophonicity, a simple listing of phonemes according to phonotactic patterning is more suitable than a traditional consonant table and vowel trapezium. | |||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! Vocalic | ! Vocalic | ||
| {{IPA|/a | | {{IPA|/a i~j u~w/}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Plosive | ! Plosive | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! Glottal | ! Glottal | ||
| {{IPA|/h | | {{IPA|/ʔ~h/}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Nasal | ! Nasal | ||
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|} | |} | ||
The reasoning for this rather unusual classification is down to phonotactic patterning: these five groups all behave somewhat differently and serve as a more useful distinction than point of articulation when describing the phonology of Ash. The pair | The reasoning for this rather unusual classification is down to phonotactic patterning: these five groups all behave somewhat differently and serve as a more useful distinction than point of articulation when describing the phonology of Ash. The pair given for each phoneme refers to an alternation between various allophonic realisations despite the relatively low number of underlying sounds, an important feature of the language that makes the variation richer on the surface. For instance, long vowels (romanised by doubling the vowel) and nasal vowels (romanised using a tilde) are not analysed as phonemic. | ||
===Romanisation=== | ===Romanisation=== | ||
The romanisation strikes a balance between representing phonemes versus surface realisations and uses the following | The romanisation strikes a balance between representing phonemes versus surface realisations and uses the following letters as well as an apostrophe to mark a word-initial glottal stop. A dot below a vowel is used to mark stress when ambiguous. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| a | | a | ||
| ạ | |||
| ã | | ã | ||
| ạ̃ | |||
| e | | e | ||
| ẹ | |||
| ẽ | | ẽ | ||
| ẹ̃ | |||
| y | | y | ||
| o | | o | ||
| ọ | |||
| õ | | õ | ||
| ọ̃ | |||
| ı | |||
| w | | w | ||
| b | | b | ||
| d | | d | ||
| g | | g | ||
| m | |||
| n | |||
| ŋ | |||
| l | | l | ||
| s | | s | ||
| h | | h | ||
| | | ’ | ||
|} | |} | ||
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{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| {{IPA|//ˈwat. | | {{IPA|//ˈwat.ʔa.wo//}} | ||
| → {{IPA|/ | | → {{IPA|/ˈwaʔ.ta.wo/}} | ||
| → {{IPA|[ | | → {{IPA|[ˈɔ̯ɑħ.t̠ɐ.wʊ]}} | ||
| → '' | | → ''oahdawo'' "during the day" | ||
|} | |} | ||
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===Prosody and stress=== | ===Prosody and stress=== | ||
Prefixes are always unstressed. Following the last stressed syllable an iambic pattern of secondary stress on every other underlyingly light syllable follows unless an underlyingly heavy syllable intervenes, resetting the pattern. In addition | Prefixes are always unstressed. Following the last stressed syllable an iambic pattern of secondary stress on every other underlyingly light syllable follows unless an underlyingly heavy syllable intervenes, resetting the pattern. In addition, stressed syllables are forced to be heavy either by lengthening of the vowel or reduplication of the next syllable's onset consonant if they are not already underlyingly so. | ||
=== | ===Clusters=== | ||
Depending on the underlying nature of a cluster, various processes take place either on a phonemic (phoneme alternation) or on a phonetic (surface allophony) level. For example, {{IPA|/t/}} merges with {{IPA|/t͡s/}} on the ''phonemic'' level before {{IPA|/i~j/}} or a plosive or an affricate, but alternates with {{IPA|[ð]}} on the ''phonetic'' level between vowels. | Depending on the underlying nature of a cluster, various processes take place either on a phonemic (phoneme alternation) or on a phonetic (surface allophony) level. For example, {{IPA|/t/}} merges with {{IPA|/t͡s/}} on the ''phonemic'' level before {{IPA|/i~j/}} or a plosive or an affricate as well as word-finally, but alternates with {{IPA|[ð]}} on the ''phonetic'' level between vowels. | ||
* A nasal or fricative geminates before a glide, assimilating to and eliding it in the process. | * A nasal or fricative geminates before a glide, assimilating to and eliding it in the process. | ||
* All plosives alternate phonemically with fricatives or affricates before another plosive or an affricate. | * All plosives alternate phonemically with fricatives or affricates before another plosive or an affricate. | ||
* /h~ʔ/ | * {{IPA|/h~ʔ/}} is a fricative before vowels/glides and plosives but a glottal stop before nasals (as is the case for plosives) and affricates. | ||
* Affricates are | * Affricates are deäffricated intervocalically, before other plosives or affricates, word-finally and before nasals (which are prestopped). | ||
* Sibilant palatalisation cascades bidirectionally through clusters; sibilants are also palatalised after {{IPA|/i/}} word-finally and cluster-initially. | |||
<div style="float: left"> | <div style="float: left"> | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! {{IPA|//N-//}} | ! {{IPA|//N-//}} | ||
| [ɲ.ɲ] | | {{IPA|[ɲ.ɲ]}} | ||
| [m.m] | | {{IPA|[m.m]}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
! {{IPA|//h-//}} | ! {{IPA|//h-//}} | ||
| [ç.ç] | | {{IPA|[ç.ç]}} | ||
| [ʍ.ʍ] | | {{IPA|[ʍ.ʍ]}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
! {{IPA|/t͡s-/}} | ! {{IPA|//t͡s-//}} | ||
| [ɕ.ɕ] | | {{IPA|[ɕ.ɕ]}} | ||
| [s̠.s̠] | | {{IPA|[s̠.s̠]}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
! {{IPA|/t͡ɬ-/}} | ! {{IPA|//t͡ɬ-//}} | ||
| | | {{IPA|[ʎ.ʎ]}} | ||
| {{IPA|[ɫ.ɫ]}} | |||
|} | |} | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! {{IPA|//p-//}} | ! {{IPA|//p-//}} | ||
|rowspan="2"| /h.P/ [ħ.P] | |rowspan="2"| {{IPA|/h.P/ [ħ.P]}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
! {{IPA|//k-//}} | ! {{IPA|//k-//}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
! {{IPA|//t-//}} | ! {{IPA|//t-//}} | ||
| /t͡s.P/ [s̠.P~ɕ.P] | | {{IPA|/t͡s.P/ [s̠.P~ɕ.P]}} | ||
|} | |} | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! {{IPA|//h-//}} | ! {{IPA|//h-//}} | ||
| [ħ.P] | | {{IPA|[ħ.P]}} | ||
| [ʔ.P͡F] | | {{IPA|[ʔ.P͡F]}} | ||
| /ʔ.ᴰN/ | | {{IPA|/ʔ.ᴰN/}} | ||
|} | |} | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! {{IPA|//p-//}} | ! {{IPA|//p-//}} | ||
| [ʔ.ᵇm] | | {{IPA|[ʔ.ᵇm]}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
! {{IPA|//t-//}} | ! {{IPA|//t-//}} | ||
| [ʔ.ᵈn̠~ʔ.ᶡɲ] | | {{IPA|[ʔ.ᵈn̠~ʔ.ᶡɲ]}} | ||
|- | |- | ||
! {{IPA|//k-//}} | ! {{IPA|//k-//}} | ||
| [ʔ.ᶢŋ] | | {{IPA|[ʔ.ᶢŋ]}} | ||
|} | |} | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
<div style="clear: both"></div> | <div style="clear: both"></div> | ||
===Laterals=== | |||
The lateral affricate {{IPA|/t͡ɬ/}} patterns phonotactically just like the sibilant affricate {{IPA|/t͡s/}} but is in many deäffricated contexts no longer produced as a fricative, but as an approximant. In contexts where the affrication remains, regardless of voicing, so does the frication, i.e. {{IPA|[t͡ɬ~d͡ɮ]}}. In leniting contexts the realisation depends on the environment, remaining a fricative {{IPA|[ɬ]}} in a voiceless environment while defaulting to a pure lateral approximant {{IPA|[l]}} in a voiced one, but when geminated by the absorption of a following glide it assimilates to it as either {{IPA|[ʎ]}} or {{IPA|[ɫ]}}. | |||
===Syllabification=== | |||
In unstressed prefixes, colourless or epenthetic vowels may drop out in favour of syllabification of an adjacent fricative or nasal. This is represented in the romanisation by the vowel letter '''ı''' placed before the non-vocalic consonant letter. | |||
An example is the inalienable possession prefix ''(a)n-'' becoming ''ın-''. Some word stems have inherent consonantal prefixes that get resolved the same way: ''n-doo-'' "(fire) smoke" becomes ''ındoo-'' in the absence of a prefix, and ''ʼadındoo-'' when the direct marker ''ʼah-'' is added. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Ash does not mark words for number, person or case. With regards to syntactic patterning, only three significant word classes can be posited: verbs, nominals and | Ash does not mark words for number, person or case. With regards to syntactic patterning, only three significant word classes can be posited: verbs, nominals and converbs. Nonetheless there is a degree of mobility between them. | ||
=== Verbs === | === Verbs === | ||
The bulk of all inflection goes on verbs, making them morphemic anchors fundamental to almost any utterance in the language. The general verb template | The bulk of all inflection goes on verbs, making them morphemic anchors fundamental to almost any utterance in the language. The general verb template is as follows: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
| colspan=" | | colspan="3" | | ||
! colspan="5" | Stem | ! colspan="5" | Stem | ||
| colspan=" | | colspan="2" | | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Deixis | | Deixis | ||
| | | Agency | ||
| Incorp. | |||
| Preverb | | Preverb | ||
| '''Root''' | | '''Root''' | ||
| | | Deriv. | ||
| State | | State | ||
| Mood | | Mood | ||
| | | Involv. | ||
| | | Converb. | ||
|} | |} | ||
====Stems==== | ====Stems==== | ||
Each verb has a set of primary stems formed more or less predictably from a combination of affixes. The first stem, the stative (or active, if there is no stative) indicative, is used as the lemma when citing words, such as ''oada'' "to shine": | Each verb has a set of primary stems formed more or less predictably from a combination of affixes. The first stem, the stative (or active, if there is no stative) indicative, is used as the lemma when citing words, such as ''oada'' "to shine", also a good example of the versatile morphophonology: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! Stative | ! Stative | ||
! Active | ! Active | ||
! | ! Inchoative | ||
! Terminative | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Indicative | ! Indicative | ||
| '''''oada''''' | | '''''oada''''' | ||
{{IPA|[ˈɔ̯ɑː.ðɐ]}} | |||
| ''oahda'' | | ''oahda'' | ||
{{IPA|[ˈɔ̯ɑħ.t̠ɐ]}} | |||
| ''oadna'' | | ''oadna'' | ||
{{IPA|[ˈɔ̯ɑʔ.ᵈn̠ɐ]}} | |||
| ''oasda'' | |||
{{IPA|[ˈɔ̯ɑs̠.t̠ɐ]}} | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Optative | ! Optative | ||
| ''oase'' | | ''oase'' | ||
{{IPA|[ˈɔ̯ɑː.ʑɪ]}} | |||
| ''oadse'' | | ''oadse'' | ||
{{IPA|[ˈɔ̯ɑʔ.ȶ͡ɕɪ]}} | |||
| ''oadne'' | | ''oadne'' | ||
{{IPA|[ˈɔ̯ɑʔ.ᶡɲɪ]}} | |||
| ''oasdse'' | |||
{{IPA|[ˈɔ̯ɑɕ.ȶ͡ɕɪ]}} | |||
|} | |} | ||
All of these terms are to an extent ad hoc. Some verbs are inherently stative or active and do not have two distinct stems. The | All of these terms are to an extent ad hoc. Some verbs are inherently stative or active and do not have two distinct stems. The inchoative and terminative are often used in a perfective sense as opposed to the imperfective or habitual active or stative. | ||
====Derived verbs==== | ====Derived verbs==== | ||
Derivational suffixes can be used to extend the root and create a new set of stems, such as the causative ''-j-'' | Derivational suffixes can be used to extend the root and create a new set of stems, such as the causative ''-j-'' or the frequentative ''-(d)s-'', which can themselves, depending on the word, be stative or active (all derived verbs are inherently one or the other or both and do not display the allomorphy of basic verbs), inchoative, terminative and so on. These are some of the words derived from ''oo'' "consume": | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! Stative | ! Stative | ||
! Active | ! Active | ||
! | ! Inchoative | ||
! Terminative | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Basic | ! Basic | ||
| colspan="2" | <center>'''''oo''''' | | colspan="2" | <center>'''''oo'''''</center> | ||
| ''oona'' | | ''oona'' | ||
| ''ohda'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Causative | ! Causative | ||
| colspan="2" | <center>''oyya'' | | colspan="2" | <center>''oyya''</center> | ||
| ''oena'' | | ''oena'' | ||
| | | ''oehda'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Frequentative | ! Frequentative | ||
| colspan="2" | <center>''odsa'' | | colspan="2" | <center>''odsa''</center> | ||
| ''osdna'' | | ''osdna'' | ||
| ''osda'' | |||
|} | |} | ||
Sometimes stems appear connected through no longer productive processes, such as '' | Sometimes stems appear connected through no longer productive processes, such as ''ımmohwa'' "cook", related also to ''oo''. | ||
===Nominals=== | ===Nominals=== | ||
Nominals are mostly unmarked | Nominals are mostly unmarked. A handful of inherited inalienably possessed nominals are however obligatorily marked with a prefix or that disappears during incorporation into a verb. This possessive prefix ''(a)n-'' can be preceded by a deictic prefix. Here are the possessed forms of ''mõõ'' "head; hair", an inalienably possessed nominal: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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! Distal | ! Distal | ||
|- | |- | ||
| '' | | ''ımmõõ'' | ||
| ''emmõõ'' | | ''emmõõ'' | ||
| ''ommõõ'' | | ''ommõõ'' | ||
|} | |} | ||
Any phrase can be nominalised using a classificatory topic marker (see below). When marked for the locative (see also below), these can be used to connect possessum to possessor. | |||
=== | ===Converbs=== | ||
Converbs are used to denote a place, time or manner. Their formation sometimes resembles case marking or conjunctions or adverbs. | |||
Some prominent | Some prominent converbialising suffixes: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! | ! | ||
! Suffix | ! colspan="2" | Suffix | ||
! Example | ! Example | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Locative | ! Locative | ||
| ''-da'' | | ''-da'' | ||
| '' | | ''-s'' | ||
| ''sooda'' "where they live; by the house" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Durative | ! Durative | ||
| ''- | | ''-wo'' | ||
| '' | | ''-h'' | ||
| ''oadnawo'' "when it gets bright; in the morning" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Benefactive | ! Benefactive | ||
| ''- | | ''-wa'' | ||
| '' | | ''-wı'' | ||
| ''eewa'' "in order to see" | |||
|- | |||
! Semblative | |||
| ''-ya'' | |||
| ''-yı'' | |||
| ''ʼayya'' "sea-like; blue; green" | |||
|} | |} | ||
The shorter forms are the historically regular outcomes of these suffixes after unstressed vowels; the longer forms have since taken over productively in normal verbs by analogy with the instances where those were always regular, but the shorter forms remain productive in the reduced forms of locative verbs (e.g. ''ʼahba las'' "in Appa"), and are still found in some common fossilised words, such as ''eas'' "here" and ''eah'' "now". Certain proper nouns retain this form for possessive constructions (e.g. ''ʼahbas ımmee'' "Appa('s) town square"). There are also instances of splits, such as the productive ''oadnada'' "where the sun rises" versus the fossilised ''oadnas'', referring specifically to the corresponding cardinal direction. | |||
===Deixis=== | ===Deixis=== | ||
The language lacks true pronouns and due to its pro-drop tendencies commonly avoids alternatives as well. One thing that does get marked is deixis: whether something is close to or far away from the speaker or a previous referent; unspecified deixis is also possible. On nominals deixis is generally spatial while on verbs it is temporal (proximal working roughly as a present tense and distal as a non-present one); | The language lacks true pronouns and due to its pro-drop tendencies commonly avoids alternatives as well. One thing that does get marked is deixis: whether something is close to or far away from the speaker or a previous referent; unspecified deixis is also possible. On nominals deixis is generally spatial while on verbs it is temporal (proximal working roughly as a present tense and distal as a non-present one); converbial deixis can be either depending on the characteristics of the converb in question. | ||
The deictic stems are as follows: | The deictic stems are as follows: | ||
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|} | |} | ||
Deixis occurs in the form of isolated nominals '' | Deixis occurs in the form of isolated nominals ''ea'' and ''oa'' (reduced from ''eyya'' and ''owwa'' still used for emphasis), generally shortened and tending to blend into the next word, often as {{IPA|[-ɛ(ː~ˑ)-]~[-e̞(ː)ɪ̯]~[-e̞j-]}} and {{IPA|[-ɔ(ː~ˑ)-]~[-o̞(ː)ʊ̯]~[-o̞w-]}}, but also with the glide assimilating, leading to forms such as {{IPA|[-ɪw-]}} and {{IPA|[-ʊj-]}}. In verbs with some form of TV marker, the prefixes irregularly assimilate to it, retaining the initial glottal stop but displacing the vowel, e.g. ''*e-ʼa-'' becomes ''ʼe-''. | ||
===Conjunct and disjunct verbs=== | ===Conjunct and disjunct verbs=== | ||
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====Simple intransitives==== | ====Simple intransitives==== | ||
In simple statements proximal deixis combined with a conjunct verb denotes a first person while combined with a disjunct verb it denotes a second person whereas in questions this is flipped. Distal deixis or an explicit nominal denotes a third person in both cases. Note that there is no number distinction and so for example first person can imply both "I" and "we" but for the sake of space only one translation is given for each example. | In simple statements proximal deixis combined with a conjunct verb denotes a first person, while combined with a disjunct verb it denotes a second person, whereas in questions this is flipped. Distal deixis or an explicit nominal denotes a third person in both cases. Note that there is no number distinction and so for example first person can imply both "I" and "we" but for the sake of space only one translation is given for each example. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! Conjunct | ! Conjunct | ||
| ''( | | ''(ea go) oada<u>s</u>''<br />"I am pale" | ||
| - | | - | ||
| ''( | | ''(ea go) oada<u>s</u> no''<br />"are you pale?" | ||
| - | | - | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Disjunct | ! Disjunct | ||
| ''( | | ''(ea go) oada''<br />"you are pale" | ||
| ''( | | ''(oa go) oada''<br />"they are pale" | ||
| ''( | | ''(ea go) oada no''<br />"am I pale?" | ||
| ''( | | ''(oa go) oada no''<br />"are they pale?" | ||
|} | |} | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! Conjunct | ! Conjunct | ||
| ''( | | ''(ea go) ʼahhee<u>s</u>''<br />"I look at you" | ||
| ''( | | ''(ea go) ʼassee<u>s</u>''<br />"you look at me" | ||
| ''( | | ''(oa go) ʼahhee<u>s</u>''<br />"I look at them" | ||
| ''( | | ''(oa go) ʼassee<u>s</u>''<br />"they look at me" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Disjunct | ! Disjunct | ||
| ''( | | ''(ea go) ʼahhee''<br />"you look at them" | ||
| ''( | | ''(ea go) ʼassee''<br />"they look at you" | ||
| ''( | | ''(oa go) ʼahhee''<br />"they<sub>1</sub> look at them<sub>2</sub>" | ||
| ''( | | ''(oa go) ʼassee''<br />"they<sub>2</sub> look at them<sub>1</sub>" | ||
|} | |} | ||
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! rowspan="2" | | ! rowspan="2" | | ||
! colspan="2" | Proximal | ! colspan="2" | Proximal | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Conjunct source | ! Conjunct source | ||
! Disjunct source | ! Disjunct source | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Conjunct target | ! Conjunct target | ||
| ''( | | ''(ea go) oada<u>s</u> (ea go) ogaa<u>s</u>''<br />"I said I am pale" | ||
| ''( | | ''(ea go) oada<u>s</u> (ea go) ogaa''<br />"you said you are pale" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Disjunct target | ! Disjunct target | ||
| ''( | | ''(ea go) oada (ea go) ogaa<u>s</u>''<br />"I said you are pale" | ||
| ''( | | ''(ea go) oada (ea go) ogaa''<br />"you said I am pale" | ||
|} | |} | ||
====Indirect involvement==== | ====Indirect involvement==== | ||
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{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase=emmõõ bo | |phrase=emmõõ bo ʼao ʼehbadsas | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ɪmˈmũ̯õ̞ː‿ᵐbo̞ ˈʔɑːʊ̯ ʔe̞ħˈpɑʔ.t̠͡s̠ɐs̠] | ||
|gloss=PROX- | |gloss=PROX-INAL-head=TOP:CRESC ao PROX-DIR-hand.FREQ.IND-CONJ | ||
|translation=Ao is braiding my hair | |translation=Ao is braiding my hair | ||
}} | }} | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
The word order is fairly strictly SOV, with | The word order is fairly strictly SOV, with converbs generally preceding the nominals followed by the verb. | ||
===Valency=== | ===Valency=== | ||
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|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ʼao go bahba ʼe<u>hh</u>ee | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ ˈβɑħ.pɐ ʔe̞çˈçi̯eː] | ||
|gloss=ao TOP:ACT dog PROX-<u> | |gloss=ao=TOP:ACT dog PROX-<u>TV</u>-see.ACT.IND | ||
|translation=Ao is looking at the dog | |translation=Ao is looking at the dog | ||
}} | }} | ||
|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ʼao go bahba ʼe<u>ss</u>ee | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ ˈβɑħ.pɐ ʔɪɕˈɕi̯eː] | ||
|gloss=ao TOP:ACT dog PROX-<u>INV</u>-see.IND | |gloss=ao=TOP:ACT dog PROX-<u>INV</u>-see.ACT.IND | ||
|translation=Ao is being watched by the dog | |translation=Ao is being watched by the dog | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ʼehhees | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ʔe̞çˈçi̯eːɕ] | ||
|gloss=PROX- | |gloss=PROX-DIR-see.ACT.IND-CONJ | ||
|translation=I am looking at | |translation=I am looking at them | ||
}} | }} | ||
|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ʼessees | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ʔɪɕˈɕi̯eːɕ] | ||
|gloss=PROX-INV-see.IND-CONJ | |gloss=PROX-INV-see.ACT.IND-CONJ | ||
|translation= | |translation=they are looking at me | ||
}} | |||
|} | |||
====Reflexivity==== | |||
A verb can also be made reflexive by using a deictic marker in the transitivity slot, meaning a distinction is made between proximal and distal reflexivity, corresponding to the spatial deixis of nominals rather than the normally temporal deixis of verbs. | |||
{| | |||
|{{gloss | |||
|phrase=oadnawo ʼaesããs | |||
|IPA=[ˈʔɔ̯ɑʔ.ᵈn̠ɐ.wʊ ʔɐɪ̯ˈz̠ɑ̃ːs̠] | |||
|gloss=shine.INCH.IND-CVB:DUR REFL.PROX-LOC:LIQ.STAT/ACT.IND-CONJ | |||
|translation=I wash in the morning | |||
}} | |||
|{{gloss | |||
|phrase=oadnawo ʼao go ʼaosãã ma | |||
|IPA=[ˈʔɔ̯ɑʔ.ᵈn̠ɐ.wʊ ʔɑːʊ̯‿ʁo̞ ʔɐʊ̯ˈz̠ɑ̃ː‿mɐ] | |||
|gloss=shine.INCH.IND-CVB:DUR ao=TOP:ACT REFL.DIST-LOC:LIQ.STAT/ACT.IND NEG | |||
|translation=Ao doesn't wash in the morning | |||
}} | |||
|} | |||
Reflexivity can be used to disambiguate between cases when the first and second person implications of the proximal deixis would otherwise collapse or as a proximate-obviative distinction. | |||
{| | |||
|{{gloss | |||
|phrase=emmõõ bo ea ʼehbadsas | |||
|IPA=[ɪmˈmũ̯õ̞ː‿ᵐbʊ ˈjɛˑ ʔe̞ħˈpɑʔ.t̠͡s̠ɐs̠] | |||
|gloss=PROX-INAL-head=TOP:CRESC PROX PROX-DIR-hand.FREQ.IND-CONJ | |||
|translation=you are braiding my hair | |||
}} | |||
|{{gloss | |||
|phrase=emmõõ bo ea ʼeebadsas | |||
|IPA=[ɪmˈmũ̯õ̞ː‿ᵐbʊ ˈjɛˑ ʔe̞ɪ̯ˈβɑʔ.t̠͡s̠ɐs̠] | |||
|gloss=PROX-INAL-head=TOP:CRESC PROX PROX-REFL.PROX-hand.FREQ.IND-CONJ | |||
|translation=I am braiding my hair | |||
}} | }} | ||
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{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ʼao go bahba od<u>sa</u>woyya | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ ˈβɑħ.pɐ wo̞ʔ.t̠͡s̠ɐˈwʊj.jɐ] | ||
|gloss=ao TOP:ACT dog DIST- | |gloss=ao=TOP:ACT dog DIST-DIR-<u>water</u>-consume.CAUS.IND | ||
|translation=Ao was giving the dog water to drink | |translation=Ao was giving the dog water to drink | ||
}} | }} | ||
==== | ====Converbialisation==== | ||
The other method is to completely remove the valency of the nominal by turning it into | The other method is to completely remove the valency of the nominal by turning it into a converb, which is why this process sometimes resembles case marking. | ||
{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ʼao go bahba mee<u>da</u> odsawoyya | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ ˈβɑħ.pɐ ˈmi̯eː.ðɐ wo̞ʔ.t̠͡s̠ɐˈwʊj.jɐ] | ||
|gloss=ao TOP:ACT dog fire-<u>LOC</u> DIST- | |gloss=ao=TOP:ACT dog fire-<u>CVB:LOC</u> DIST-DIR-water-consume.CAUS.IND | ||
|translation=Ao was giving the dog water to drink by the fire | |translation=Ao was giving the dog water to drink by the fire | ||
}} | }} | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! Animate | ! Animate | ||
| '' | | ''bahba go ʼahhee''<br />"dogs watch it" | ||
| '' | | ''bahba go ʼassee''<br />"dogs are watched" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Inanimate | ! Inanimate | ||
| ''sãã sa | | ''sãã sa ʼahhee''<br />"water is watched" | ||
| ''*sãã sa | | ''*sãã sa ʼassee''<br />(ungrammatical) | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Topicalisation=== | ===Topicalisation=== | ||
New non-verbal information is focused by fronting, i.e. introducing the word or phrase earlier in the sentence. This means that the order of subject and object might shift in order to focus on the object. When the object is inanimate inversion is not possible nor necessary, while for an animate object it is. The nominal in focus | New non-verbal information is focused by fronting, i.e. introducing the word or phrase earlier in the sentence. This means that the order of subject and object might shift in order to focus on the object. When the object is inanimate inversion is not possible nor necessary, while for an animate object it is. The nominal in focus also receives a topic marker, explained in detail in the section on locative verbs. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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|- | |- | ||
! Animate | ! Animate | ||
| '' | | ''ʼao go <u>bahba</u> ʼohhee''<br />"Ao was looking at the dog" | ||
| ''<u> | | ''<u>bahba go</u> ʼao ʼossee''<br />"it was the dog Ao was looking at" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Inanimate | ! Inanimate | ||
| '' | | ''ʼao go <u>sãã</u> ʼohhoo''<br />"Ao was drinking water" | ||
| ''<u>sãã sa</u> | | ''<u>sãã sa</u> ʼao ʼohhoo''<br />"it was water Ao was drinking" | ||
|} | |} | ||
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{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase=[ | |phrase=[owahdawo bahba go ʼossoena]<sub>1</sub> [ewahdawo ʼesseenas]<sub>2</sub> | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[o̞ˈwɑħ.t̠ɐ.wʊ ˈβɑħ.pɐ‿ʁo̞ ʔʊs̠ˈs̠ʊːɪ̯.n̠ɐ jɪˈwɑħ.t̠ɐ.wo̞ ʔɪɕˈɕi̯eː.n̠ɐs̠] | ||
|gloss=[DIST shine.ACT.IND-DUR dog DIST-INV-consume.CAUS. | |gloss=[DIST shine.ACT.IND-CVB:DUR dog DIST-INV-consume.CAUS.INCH.IND]<sub>1</sub> [PROX shine.ACT.IND-CVB:DUR PROX-INV-see.INCH.IND-CONJ]<sub>2</sub> | ||
|translation=[today I saw]<sub>2</sub> [the dog that (you) fed yesterday]<sub>1</sub> | |translation=[today I saw]<sub>2</sub> [the dog that (you) fed yesterday]<sub>1</sub> | ||
}} | }} | ||
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{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=bahba go oada ʼesseenas no | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈbɑħ.pɐ‿ʁo̞ ˈwɔ̯ɑː.ðɐ ʔɪɕˈɕi̯eː.n̠ɐz̠‿ᵈn̠ʊ] | ||
|gloss=dog TOP:ACT shine.STAT.IND PROX-INV-see. | |gloss=dog=TOP:ACT shine.STAT.IND PROX-INV-see.INCH.IND-CONJ Q | ||
|translation=have you seen the white dog? | |translation=have you seen the white dog? | ||
}} | }} | ||
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In addition to unstressed locative verbs used as topicalising classifiers (see below) there are a few other words that can be unstressed to serve various purposes, mostly after verbs. | In addition to unstressed locative verbs used as topicalising classifiers (see below) there are a few other words that can be unstressed to serve various purposes, mostly after verbs. | ||
==== | ====Modality==== | ||
Perhaps the most grammatically significant are ''ma'' for negation and ''no'' for interrogation. There is also ''yo'' for emphasis. | Perhaps the most grammatically significant are ''ma'' for negation and ''no'' for interrogation. There is also ''yo'' for emphasis. | ||
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| ''ebadsa''<br />"weaving" | | ''ebadsa''<br />"weaving" | ||
| ''ebadsa ma''<br />"not weaving" | | ''ebadsa ma''<br />"not weaving" | ||
| ''ebadsa no | | ''ebadsa no''<br />"weaving?" | ||
| ''ebadsa yo''<br />"(really) weaving!" | | ''ebadsa yo''<br />"(really) weaving!" | ||
|} | |} | ||
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====Evidentiality==== | ====Evidentiality==== | ||
Reduced forms of some verbs can function as evidential markers, such as '' | Reduced forms of some verbs can function as evidential markers, such as ''e'' for observation and ''ga'' for hearsay. | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
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|- | |- | ||
| ''ebadsa''<br />"weaving" | | ''ebadsa''<br />"weaving" | ||
| ''ebadsa | | ''ebadsa e''<br />"(evidently) weaving" | ||
| ''ebadsa ga''<br />"(allegedly) weaving" | | ''ebadsa ga''<br />"(allegedly) weaving" | ||
|} | |} | ||
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==Locative verbs== | ==Locative verbs== | ||
An important part of Ash grammar is an extensive set of so called locative verbs which are used almost like a noun classification system and cover location, motion and related concepts while providing specific information about the referent at hand, such as specifying whether liquid is involved. | An important part of Ash grammar is an extensive set of so called locative verbs which are used almost like a noun classification system and cover location, motion and related concepts while providing specific information about the referent at hand, such as specifying whether liquid is involved. These also have reduced clitic forms used as topic markers. Some locative verbs also retain non-locative meanings, such as the aerial ''see'', which in conjunction with the oral classifier, as ''osee'', means to "blow". | ||
These are some of those verbs: | These are some of those verbs: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
! | ! Locative | ||
! Topic | |||
! Gloss | ! Gloss | ||
! Semantic range | ! Semantic range | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''laa'' | | ''laa'' | ||
| ''la'' | |||
| :STAT | | :STAT | ||
| General stative (indefinite or permanent) | | General stative (indefinite or permanent) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''goo'' | | ''goo'' | ||
| ''go'' | |||
| :ACT | | :ACT | ||
| General active (temporary or dynamic) | | General active (temporary or dynamic) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''sãã'' | | ''sãã'' | ||
| ''sa'' | |||
| :LIQ | | :LIQ | ||
| Water and other liquids | | Water and other liquids | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''see'' | | ''see'' | ||
| ''se'' | |||
| :AER | | :AER | ||
| Air and weather | | Air and weather | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''boo'' | | ''boo'' | ||
| ''bo'' | |||
| :CRESC | | :CRESC | ||
| Growth (hair, plants et c.) | | Growth (hair, plants et c.) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''doo'' | | ''doo'' | ||
| ''do'' | |||
| :PART | | :PART | ||
| Particles (powder, sand, dust, smoke, spores et c.) | | Particles (powder, sand, dust, smoke, spores et c.) | ||
|- | |- | ||
| ''mee'' | | ''mee'' | ||
| ''me'' | |||
| :PYR | | :PYR | ||
| Fire | | Fire (by extension core or centre) | ||
|- | |||
| ''baa'' | |||
| ''ba'' | |||
| :MAN | |||
| Hand and instrumental (things held; implements and tools) | |||
|} | |} | ||
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|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ımmõõ bo | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[m̩ˈmũ̯õ̞ː‿ᵐbʊ] | ||
|gloss=POSS-head TOP:CRESC | |gloss=POSS-head=TOP:CRESC | ||
|translation=hair (on the head) | |translation=hair (on the head) | ||
}} | }} | ||
|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ımmõõ la | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[m̩ˈmũ̯õ̞ː‿ⁿd͡ɮɐ] | ||
|gloss=POSS-head TOP:STAT | |gloss=POSS-head=TOP:STAT | ||
|translation=head (on the body) | |translation=head (on the body) | ||
}} | }} | ||
|} | |} | ||
Used this way they nonetheless remain verbs with the accompanying syntactic implications. Since they create subclauses, a nominal specified for category with a locative verb cannot be used in object position and so will always precede any agent. However, since this is in line with the normal rule of topicalisation by fronting, it has no actual implications | Used this way they nonetheless remain verbs with the accompanying syntactic implications. Since they create subclauses, a nominal specified for category with a locative verb cannot be used in object position and so will always precede any agent. However, since this is in line with the normal rule of topicalisation by fronting, it has no actual implications for the syntax. | ||
{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase=emmõõ bo | |phrase=emmõõ bo ʼao ʼehbadsas | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ɪmˈmũ̯õ̞ː‿ᵐbo̞ ˈʔɑːʊ̯ ʔe̞ħˈpɑʔ.t̠͡s̠ɐs̠] | ||
|gloss=PROX- | |gloss=PROX-INAL-head=TOP:CRESC ao PROX-DIR-hand.FREQ.IND-CONJ | ||
|translation=Ao is braiding my hair | |translation=Ao is braiding my hair | ||
}} | }} | ||
===Conjunction=== | ===Conjunction=== | ||
In addition to serving as a topical marker, an unstressed locative verb can also be used as a conjunction. As subject and object are never both topically marked, a series of topicalised nominals serves as a single noun phrase in the fronted subject position. | In addition to serving as a topical marker, an unstressed locative verb can also be used as a nominal conjunction. As subject and object are never both topically marked, a series of topicalised nominals serves as a single noun phrase in the fronted subject position. | ||
{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ʼao go bahba go oas egoo | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ ˈβɑħ.pɐ‿ʁo̞ ˈwɔ̯ɑːɕ‿ɕɪˈɣu̯oː] | ||
|gloss=ao TOP:ACT dog TOP:ACT DIST-LOC | |gloss=ao=TOP:ACT dog=TOP:ACT DIST-CVB:LOC PROX-CVB:LOC:ACT.STAT/ACT.IND | ||
|translation=Ao and the dog are over there | |translation=Ao and the dog are over there | ||
}} | }} | ||
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===Specification=== | ===Specification=== | ||
Prefixes such as ''n-'' "up; forth" and ''l-'' "down; away" can be used to specify location, with the inchoative stem of the locative verb providing a sense of motion toward a destination, and the terminative away from it. | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase=ʼahba las ʼao go elgoo | |||
|IPA=[ˈʔɑħ.pɐ‿lɐs̠‿ˈs̠ɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ jɪɬˈku̯oː] | |||
|phrase= | |gloss=appa=TOP:STAT-CVB:LOC ao=TOP:ACT PROX-SUB-LOC:ACT.STAT/ACT.IND | ||
|IPA=[ | |translation=Ao is down in Appa | ||
|gloss=ao TOP:ACT | |||
|translation=Ao | |||
}} | }} | ||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase= | |phrase=ʼahba las ʼao go elgoona | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈʔɑħ.pɐ‿lɐs̠‿ˈs̠ɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ jɪɬˈku̯oː.n̠ɐ] | ||
|gloss=ao TOP:ACT | |gloss=appa=TOP:STAT-CVB:LOC ao=TOP:ACT PROX-SUB-LOC:ACT.INCH.IND | ||
|translation=Ao | |translation=Ao went down to Appa | ||
}} | }} | ||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase=ʼahba las ʼao go elgohda | |||
|IPA=[ˈʔɑħ.pɐ‿lɐs̠‿ˈs̠ɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ jɪɬˈkʷo̞ħ.t̠ɐ] | |||
|gloss=appa=TOP:STAT-CVB:LOC ao=TOP:ACT PROX-SUB-LOC:ACT.TERM.IND | |||
|translation=Ao went away from Appa | |||
|phrase= | |||
|IPA=[ | |||
|gloss= | |||
|translation=Ao | |||
}} | }} | ||
===Use with converbs=== | |||
===Use with | |||
Converbial location is generic and locative verbs can be used to specify the meaning. | |||
{| | {| | ||
|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ʼao sas sãã | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿z̠ɐz̠ ˈd̠͡z̠ɑ̃ː] | ||
|gloss= | |gloss=sea=TOP:LIQ-CVB:LOC LOC:LIQ.STAT/ACT.IND | ||
|translation=(be) in the ocean; at sea | |translation=(be) in the ocean; at sea | ||
}} | }} | ||
|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ʼao sas laa | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿z̠ɐz̠ ˈd͡ɮɑː] | ||
|gloss= | |gloss=sea=TOP:LIQ-CVB:LOC LOC:STAT.STAT/ACT.IND | ||
|translation=(be) by the | |translation=(be) by the sea | ||
}} | }} | ||
|} | |} | ||
== | ===Possession=== | ||
Unstressed locative verbs marked with the locative converbialiser ''-s'' serve to mark the possessor of a possessum. | |||
{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=ʼao gos ımmõõ la | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈʔɑːʊ̯‿ɣʊ‿z̠m̩ˈmũ̯õː‿ⁿd͡ɮɐ] | ||
|gloss= | |gloss=ao=TOP:ACT-CVB:LOC INAL-head=TOP:STAT | ||
|translation= | |translation=Ao's head (lit. "head at Ao") | ||
}} | }} | ||
==Pragmatics and conventions== | |||
===Modality=== | ===Modality=== | ||
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|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase=ewoes | |phrase=ewoes | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ɪˈwʊːɪ̯ɕ] | ||
|gloss=PROX-consume.OPT-CONJ | |gloss=PROX-consume.ACT.OPT-CONJ | ||
|translation=I want/need to eat; I am hungry | |translation=I want/need to eat; I am hungry | ||
}} | }} | ||
|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase=ewoe no | |phrase=ewoe no | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ɪˈwʊːɪ̯‿n̠ʊ] | ||
|gloss=PROX-consume.OPT Q | |gloss=PROX-consume.ACT.OPT Q | ||
|translation=perhaps I should eat something | |translation=perhaps I should eat something | ||
}} | }} | ||
|{{gloss | |{{gloss | ||
|phrase= | |phrase=bahba go ewoe no | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈbɑħ.pɐ‿ɣʊ jɪˈwʊːɪ̯‿n̠ʊ] | ||
|gloss=dog TOP:ACT PROX-consume.OPT Q | |gloss=dog=TOP:ACT PROX-consume.ACT.OPT Q | ||
|translation=maybe the dog is hungry | |translation=maybe the dog is hungry | ||
}} | }} | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Domestic vocabulary=== | |||
The verb ''soo'' carries many meanings related to the home. An important part of its usage is the focus on the host rather than the guest when describing a visit. | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase=ʼahba las ʼao go ʼesdsoes | |||
|IPA=[ˈʔɑħ.pɐ‿lɐs̠‿ˈs̠ɑːʊ̯‿ʁo̞ ʔɪɕˈȶ͡ɕʊːɪ̯ɕ] | |||
|gloss=appa=TOP:STAT-CVB:LOC ao=TOP:ACT PROX-INV-LOC:DOM.STAT/ACT.OPT-CONJ | |||
|translation=I'm on my way to visit Ao in Appa | |||
}} | |||
Nonetheless it refers to the referent's own home when used intransitively. | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase=ʼahba las esoonas | |||
|IPA=[ˈʔɑħ.pɐ‿lɐɕ‿ɕɪˈz̠u̯oː.n̠ɐs̠] | |||
|gloss=appa=TOP:STAT-CVB:LOC PROX-LOC:DOM.INCH.IND-CONJ | |||
|translation=I've moved to Appa | |||
}} | |||
===Colour terms=== | ===Colour terms=== | ||
Colours are mainly expressed through semblative converbs, likening the appearance of the referent to something else, such as ''mee'' "fire" → ''meyya'' "red; yellow; orange; brown" or ''ao'' "sea" → ''ʼayya'' "blue; green". | |||
{{gloss | {{gloss | ||
|phrase=meyya | |phrase=meyya bahba go | ||
|IPA=[ | |IPA=[ˈme̞j.jɐ ˈβɑħ.pɐ‿ɣʊ] | ||
|gloss=fire-SEMB dog TOP:ACT | |gloss=fire-CVB:SEMB dog=TOP:ACT | ||
|translation=a brown dog | |translation=a brown dog | ||
}} | }} | ||
Some are expressed through regular stative verbs like ''oada''. | |||
{{gloss | |||
|phrase=oada bahba go | |||
|IPA=[ˈɔ̯ɑː.ðɐ ˈβɑħ.pɐ‿ɣʊ] | |||
|phrase= | |gloss=shine.STAT.IND dog=TOP:ACT | ||
|IPA=[ | |||
|gloss= | |||
|translation=a white dog | |translation=a white dog | ||
}} | }} | ||
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