Difference between revisions of "Guarani and Warlpiri/Lexical selection"

Revision as of 01:02, 31 March 2017

(gug) ahy'o → (wbp) ngukarna "throat"; lirra "voice"
- Rule: select "lirra" if "ahy'o" is followed by "tyapu" (loud)
- Ha'e ahy'o tyapu ("His/Her loud voice")
- Ha'e oguereko ahy'o rasy ("He/she/they have a sore throat")

(gug) ajúra → (wbp) japirdimi "collar"; waninja "neck"
- Rule: select "waninja" as the default
- Ajúra puku ("long neck")
- Ajúra pytã ("red collar")

(wbp) muru-pinyi → (gug) mboy'u "swallow"; kuapyti "insert"
- Rule: select "mboy'u" if "muru-pinyi" is followed by "ngapa" (water/grog)
- Kurdu-ngku muru-pinyi ngapa. (Eng: The child is swallowing water/grog.)
- muru-pinyi walya (Eng: insert in the ground)

(wbp) kirdirrpa → (gug) itakua "cave"; ka'irãi "jail"
- Rule: We couldn't come up with a good way to solve this problem. We decided to select "itakua" as the default, because it appears to be more common
- Kurdu-ngku nyanyi kirdirrpa. (Eng: The child is looking for the cave.)
- Wati-ngku jarda-jarrimi kirdirrpa-rla (Eng: The man sleeps in the jail.)

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 * (wbp) kirdirrpa → (gug) itakua "cave"; ka'irãi "jail"
-** Rule: select "itakua" as the default
+** Rule: We couldn't come up with a good way to solve this problem. We decided to select "itakua" as the default, because it appears to be more common
 **Kurdu-ngku nyanyi kirdirrpa. (Eng: The child is looking for the cave.)
 **Wati-ngku jarda-jarrimi kirdirrpa-rla (Eng: The man sleeps in the jail.)