Tiwi and English/Lexical selection
From LING073
Tiw → Eng
cases of a one-to-many mapping for translation.
Case 1
yirrima → quickly, fly
Example sentences:
Tiwi Sentence | English Translation |
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Pirriwapa yirrima. | They ate quickly. |
Kwarikwaringuwi yirrima. | Butterflies fly. |
Generalization for how to decide which translation is right:
Case 2
word → translations
Example sentences:
Tiwi Sentence | English Translation |
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word. | one translation. |
word. | other translations. |
Generalization for how to decide which translation is right: