Difference between revisions of "Okinawan and Miyako/Lexical selection"

Latest revision as of 16:30, 20 April 2017

Hand and arm are the same word in Okinawan (てぃい), but different words in Miyako. If てぃい is followed by an instrumental, we are assuming it is hand.

write with hand
(ryu) てぃいしかくん → (mvi) てぃーひーかき
(ryu) てぃい<n><ins> かくん<v><npst> → (mvi) てぃー<n><ins> かき<v><npst>

the arm was punched
(ryu) てぃいすぐらるたん → (mvi) うでぃーうどぅみらいたい
(ryu) てぃい<n> すぐいん<v><pass><pst> → (mvi) うでぃー<n><acc> どぅみ<v><pass><pst>

はい can mean field, needle, or south, and is also a causative auxiliary verb. If it is followed by string, it is probably needle.

needle and string
(mvi) はいとぅいとぅ → (ryu) はあいとぅいいちゅう
(mvi) はい<n><com> いとぅ<n> → (ryu) はあい<n><asc> いいちゅう<n>

the goat eats in the field
(mvi) ひんじゃあはいんふぁう → (ryu) ぴいじゃあやはたきんかかむん
(mvi) ひんじゃ<n><top1> はい<n><dat> ふぁう<v><npst> → (ryu) ぴいじゃあ<n><top> はたき<n><loc1> かむん<v><npst>

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 * write with hand
-*: {{transferTest|ryu|mvi|てぃいし かちゅん|てぃーひー かき}}
+*: {{transferTest|ryu|mvi|てぃいし かくん|てぃーひー かき}}
-*:: {{transferMorphTest|ryu|mvi|てぃい{{tag|n}}{{tag|ins}} かちゅん{{tag|v}}{{tag|npst}}|てぃー{{tag|n}}{{tag|ins}} かき{{tag|v}}{{tag|npst}}}}
+*:: {{transferMorphTest|ryu|mvi|てぃい{{tag|n}}{{tag|ins}} かくん{{tag|v}}{{tag|npst}}|てぃー{{tag|n}}{{tag|ins}} かき{{tag|v}}{{tag|npst}}}}
 * the arm was punched
-*: {{transferTest|ryu|mvi|てぃい すぐいん|うでぃーう どぅみらいたい}}
+*: {{transferTest|ryu|mvi|てぃい すぐらるたん|うでぃーう どぅみらいたい}}
 *:: {{transferMorphTest|ryu|mvi|てぃい{{tag|n}} すぐいん{{tag|v}}{{tag|pass}}{{tag|pst}}|うでぃー{{tag|n}}{{tag|acc}} どぅみ{{tag|v}}{{tag|pass}}{{tag|pst}}}}