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

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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) てぃいしかちゅん → (mvi) てぃーひーかきー
(ryu) てぃい<n><ins> かちゅん<v><npst> → (mvi) てぃー<n><ins> かきー<v><npst>

the arm was punched
(ryu) → (mvi) うでぃーうどぅみらいたい
(ryu) <n> <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.

NOTE: The ryu grammar doesn't mention anything about the comitative case. I _think_ associative is somewhat analagous.

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>

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 *: {{transferTest|ryu|mvi|てぃいし かちゅん|てぃーひー かきー}}
 *:: {{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}} かきー{{tag|v}}{{tag|npst}}}}
+* the arm was punched
+*: {{transferTest|ryu|mvi||うでぃーう どぅみらいたい}}
+*:: {{transferMorphTest|ryu|mvi|{{tag|n}} {{tag|v}}{{tag|pass}}{{tag|pst}}|うでぃー{{tag|n}}{{tag|acc}} どぅみ{{tag|v}}{{tag|pass}}{{tag|pst}}}}
 ==mvi → ryu ==