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

Revision as of 01:16, 31 March 2017

gug → wbp

• (gug) ahy'o → (wbp) ngukarna "throat"; lirra "voice"
  • Rule: Select "lirra" (Eng: voice) as the translation of "ahy'o" when it is followed by "tyapu" (Eng: loud) or "kirirĩ" (Eng: quiet). Select "ngukarna" (Eng: throat) as the translation of "ahy'o" when it is followed by "rasy" (Eng: sore). Otherwise, select "lirra" as the default.
  • 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 "japirdimi" (Eng: collar) as the translation of "ajúra" when it is followed by color words such as "pytã" (Eng: red), "chovy" (Eng: blue) or "aky" (Eng: green). Select "waninja" (Eng: neck) as the translation of "ajúra" when it is followed by "puku" (Eng: long) or "koli" (Eng: short). Otherwise, select "waninja" as the default.
  • Ajúra puku ("long neck")
  • Ajúra pytã ("red collar")

wbp → gug

• (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.)