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==Lexical Selection==
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===wam-->kha===
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Here are documented one-to-many mappings in either direction for the language pair.
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*meequn "feather, pen" => sner "feather", khulom "pen", khulom-sner "feather pen"
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===Khasi to Wôpanâak===
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**if bird, arrow near meequn, select sner
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kjat "foot/leg" => -ukhôt "leg", -seet "foot"
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**if write, paper, book near meedun, select khulom
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*keesuk "sky, a day" => sngi "day, sun", bneng "sky"
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**if color-word near keesuk, choose bneng
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**if countable-word, plural near keesuk, choose sngi
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*nupâus "sun, month" => sngi "day, sun", bnai "moon, month"
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** if rise, set near nupâus, select sngi !!!Does Wôpanâak have words for rise and set?
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** else default to bnai
  
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ngi "we (1st person plural pronoun)" => neenawun "we (exclusive)", keenawun "we (inclusive)" This is reflective of a deeper grammatical ambiguity with regards to first person plural forms throughout the languages.
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====Examples====
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*In "monatash keesukash" ("many days"), "keesuk" should be translated to "sngi"
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*In "ayum God keesuk kah ahkee" ("God creates the heavens and the earth"), "keesuk" should be translated to "bneng".
  
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===Wôpanâak to Khasi===
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===kha-->wam===
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meequn "feather, pen" => sner "feather", khulom "pen", khulom-sner "feather pen"
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* kjat "foot/leg" => -ukhôt "leg", -seet "foot"
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** default to -seet
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* sngi "day, sun" => keesuk "sky, day", nupâus "sun, month"
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** if what, which, long, short, PLURAL near sngi, select keesuk
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** if rise, set (sep) near sngi, select nupâus
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* OLD - for reference for later: ngi "we (1st person plural pronoun)" => neenawun "we (exclusive)", keenawun "we (inclusive)" This is reflective of a deeper grammatical ambiguity with regards to first person plural forms throughout the languages.
  
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keesuk "sky, a day" => sngi "day, sun", bneng "sky"
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====Examples====
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*In "bad ia ki sngi" ("and days"), "sngi" should be translated to "keesuk"
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*In "ka sngi ka la mih la slem" ("the sun was up long ago"), "sngi" should be translated to "nupâus"
  
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==wam-kha Evaluation==
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[[Category:Sp17_LexicalSelection]]
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Current WER is 93.75%.  Current PER is 93.75%.
 
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12 out of 15 stems are translating correctly.  The remaining stems are mô and weeqayach.  The first is not translating because the Wôpanâak copula does not currently have a root lemma, and the second is due to a difference in the way the two texts realize "Let there be light" - in Wôpanâak this is expressed with a single verb, while in Khasi it is closer to "let light be".
 
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[[Category:Sp17_Lexical_Selection]]
 

Latest revision as of 00:25, 11 April 2017

wam-->kha

  • meequn "feather, pen" => sner "feather", khulom "pen", khulom-sner "feather pen"
    • if bird, arrow near meequn, select sner
    • if write, paper, book near meedun, select khulom
  • keesuk "sky, a day" => sngi "day, sun", bneng "sky"
    • if color-word near keesuk, choose bneng
    • if countable-word, plural near keesuk, choose sngi
  • nupâus "sun, month" => sngi "day, sun", bnai "moon, month"
    • if rise, set near nupâus, select sngi !!!Does Wôpanâak have words for rise and set?
    • else default to bnai

Examples

  • In "monatash keesukash" ("many days"), "keesuk" should be translated to "sngi"
  • In "ayum God keesuk kah ahkee" ("God creates the heavens and the earth"), "keesuk" should be translated to "bneng".

kha-->wam

  • kjat "foot/leg" => -ukhôt "leg", -seet "foot"
    • default to -seet
  • sngi "day, sun" => keesuk "sky, day", nupâus "sun, month"
    • if what, which, long, short, PLURAL near sngi, select keesuk
    • if rise, set (sep) near sngi, select nupâus
  • OLD - for reference for later: ngi "we (1st person plural pronoun)" => neenawun "we (exclusive)", keenawun "we (inclusive)" This is reflective of a deeper grammatical ambiguity with regards to first person plural forms throughout the languages.

Examples

  • In "bad ia ki sngi" ("and days"), "sngi" should be translated to "keesuk"
  • In "ka sngi ka la mih la slem" ("the sun was up long ago"), "sngi" should be translated to "nupâus"
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