Difference between revisions of "Khasi and Wôpanâak/Lexical Selection"

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===kha-->wam===
 
===kha-->wam===
 
* kjat "foot/leg" => -ukhôt "leg", -seet "foot"
 
* kjat "foot/leg" => -ukhôt "leg", -seet "foot"
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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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* 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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[[Category:Sp17_LexicalSelection]]
 
[[Category:Sp17_LexicalSelection]]

Revision as of 16:08, 28 March 2017

wam-->kha

  • meequn "feather, pen" => sner "feather", khulom "pen", khulom-sner "feather pen"
  • keesuk "sky, a day" => sngi "day, sun", bneng "sky"

kha-->wam

  • kjat "foot/leg" => -ukhôt "leg", -seet "foot"
  • 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.