Khasi and Wôpanâak/Lexical Selection
From LING073
wam-->kha
- meequn "feather, pen" => sner "feather", khulom "pen", khulom-sner "feather pen"
- if bird, arrow near meequn, select sner
- if write, paper, book near meedun, select khulom
- keesuk "sky, a day" => sngi "day, sun", bneng "sky"
- if color-word near keesuk, choose bneng
- if what, which, countable-word near keesuk, choose sngi
- nupâus "sun, month" => sngi "day, sun", bnai "moon, month"
- default to bnai for month
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.
- sngi "day, sun" => keesuk "sky, day", nupâus "sun, month"
