Mixe and English/Lexical selection

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mto -> eng

Source: mto Destination: English ie. We're translating from Mixe into English.

pö’öj

  • eng) plant and germinate
  • mto) pö’öj (p186 of 312)
  • The verb root is the same. pö’öj "plant" is always transitive, whereas pö’öj can be transitive or intransitive. When intransitive, you have:
    • NP PERSON-pö’öj-APL.R-INV-(in)dependent.aspect NP
    • The transitive form doesn't have APL.R or INV morphemes, and isn't followed by a noun phrase.
    • NP PERSON-pö’öj-(IN)DEPENDENT.ASPECT

If there's a personal pronoun, pö’öj translates to "plant".

pö’ö

Should this be handled in morphological disambiguation?

mto) Verb stem pö’ö eng) Verb "break" and noun "sand"

  • Translates to "break"
  • Translates to "sand"
    • kumöön pöꞌö yäkpätsïmjä
      town sand 3S.DEP=PAS-EDGE-load-APL.R-ICPL.DEP
      "The sand is carried to the municipality."

This one's straightforward. If pö’ö is tagged as a noun, it translates to "sand".

va'an

mto) Verb stem va'an

eng) Verbs "speak" and "say"

  • Translates to "speak"
    • ꞌùmükeꞌe tùꞌk jë yaaꞌtyëjk vyaꞌany
      then=QUO=FOC one DET man 3A=say-D.ICPL
      "So then a man spoke."
  • Translates to "say"
    • ꞌax paaꞌtyük tseꞌe jè vintsën vyaajny: "ꞌaj ꞌax veꞌemts nꞌit dü moꞌyumda ꞌapëjkin juuꞌ maas müjit."
      now well=QUO ASRT DET owner 3A=say-D.CPL now yes=ASRT 1E=exist-D.ICPL 3E=give-1PL-PL container which more big-VAR
      “Now the boss said: 'Ah, I'd better given them containers which are bigger.'”

If inflected va'an isn't followed by any other words, it should translate to "speak". Otherwise, it should translate to "says".