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

Revision as of 17:49, 11 April 2017

Hand and arm are the same word in Okinawan (<>), but different words in Miyako. If <> 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) てぃー<n><ins> かちゅん<v><npst> → (mvi) てぃー<n><ins> かきー<v><npst>

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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 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_ associated is somewhat analagous.
+NOTE: The ryu grammar doesn't mention anything about the comitative case. I _think_ associative is somewhat analagous.
 * needle and string