Khasi/Disambiguation
From LING073
Initial Evaluation of Ambiguity
- The initial ambiguity level is 1.3, or 1543/1183
- Two ambiguous terms:
- ba: a conj (that, for, inasmuch, as, since) and a verb (to light)
- hinrei ba um tip ei-ei; but because he knows nothing.
- ka leilieh ka ba; the lightning lights
- la: a past tense marker or a reflexive, possessive pronoun
- u la leit sha la ing; He went to his (own) house. (This sentence contains both uses of 'la;' the first is as a past tense marker, the second is as a possessive reflexive pronoun)
- ba: a conj (that, for, inasmuch, as, since) and a verb (to light)
