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* ádu [ádu] "all" | * ádu [ádu] "all" | ||
* ae [ahɛ] "I, me" | * ae [ahɛ] "I, me" | ||
* as [as] "above" | |||
* babe [mabɛ] "word" | * babe [mabɛ] "word" | ||
* bábu [mábu] "want" | * bábu [mábu] "to want" | ||
* babú [mabú] "much, many" | * babú [mabú] "much, many" | ||
* badá [madá] "in a while" | |||
* badú [madú] "one" | * badú [madú] "one" | ||
* báku [mákʼu] "body" | * báku [mákʼu] "body" | ||
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* bíá [míhá] "be in/at" | * bíá [míhá] "be in/at" | ||
* bíá [míhá] "before" | * bíá [míhá] "before" | ||
* bibá [mibá] "big" | |||
* bidí [midí] "below" | |||
* bíe [míhɛ] "be (copula)" | * bíe [míhɛ] "be (copula)" | ||
* bís [mís] "feel" | * bís [mís] "feel" | ||
* búbu [múbu] "move" | * búbu [múbu] "move" | ||
* dabu [nabu] "die" | * dabu [nabu] "die" | ||
* dádí [nádí] "for a long time" | * dádí [nádí] "for a long time" | ||
* das [nas] "immediately" | |||
* dee [nɛɛ] "there is/there are" | * dee [nɛɛ] "there is/there are" | ||
* dibí [nibí] "live" | * dibí [nibí] "live" | ||
* dípu [nípʼu] "nearby" | |||
* diš [niʃ] "this" | * diš [niʃ] "this" | ||
* dúbá [núbá] "do" | * dúbá [núbá] "do" | ||
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* kage [kʼaɡɛ] "kind, type" | * kage [kʼaɡɛ] "kind, type" | ||
* kibu [kʼibu] "for a short time" | * kibu [kʼibu] "for a short time" | ||
* papá [pʼapʼá] "part" | * papá [pʼapʼá] "a part" | ||
* pedu [pʼɛdu] "a place" | |||
* píbú [pʼíbú] "people" | * píbú [pʼíbú] "people" | ||
* sbá [spá] "someone" | * sbá [spá] "someone" | ||
* sí [sí] "same" | * sí [sí] "same" | ||
* sbí [spí] "see" | * sbí [spí] "see" | ||
* sdá [stá] "side" | |||
* sdí [stí] "say" | * sdí [stí] "say" | ||
* sdú [stú] "some" | * sdú [stú] "some" | ||
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* šbí [ʃpí] "happen" | * šbí [ʃpí] "happen" | ||
* šku [ʃkʼu] "think" | * šku [ʃkʼu] "think" | ||
* špu [ʃpʼu] "far, distant" | |||
* šš [ʃʃ] "have" | * šš [ʃʃ] "have" | ||
* šš [ʃʃ] "here (in this place)" | |||
* šte [ʃtɛ] "something" | * šte [ʃtɛ] "something" | ||
* štú [ʃtʼú] "you" | * štú [ʃtʼú] "you" | ||
Revision as of 19:44, 5 November 2009
Phonology
Consonants
Voiced stops
b (b) d (d) ɡ (g)
Ejective stops
pʼ (p) tʼ (t) kʼ (k)
An epenthetic consonant [h] is inserted when there is no other consonant between two vocalic vowels, and in some speakers it appears in place of null initial as well.
The voiced series nasalize word-initially to [m n ŋ].
Vowels
a (a) ɛ (e) i (i) u (u) á (á) í (í) ú (ú) ʃ̩ (š) s̩ (s)
The second series may be decribed as high tone, though they are more usually characterized as 'hooted'. S and š do pattern as vowels in Skeskatai.
Accent
Stress accent is on the final syllable.
Morphology
Most roots are disyllabic (C)V. Some exceptions exist, like šaú [S.a.hú] "human"; these are chiefly loanwords.
Grammar
Isolating; head-first.
Lexicon
- aá [ahá] "other"
- ádu [ádu] "all"
- ae [ahɛ] "I, me"
- as [as] "above"
- babe [mabɛ] "word"
- bábu [mábu] "to want"
- babú [mabú] "much, many"
- badá [madá] "in a while"
- badú [madú] "one"
- báku [mákʼu] "body"
- bebá [mɛbá] "bad"
- bíá [míhá] "be in/at"
- bíá [míhá] "before"
- bibá [mibá] "big"
- bidí [midí] "below"
- bíe [míhɛ] "be (copula)"
- bís [mís] "feel"
- búbu [múbu] "move"
- dabu [nabu] "die"
- dádí [nádí] "for a long time"
- das [nas] "immediately"
- dee [nɛɛ] "there is/there are"
- dibí [nibí] "live"
- dípu [nípʼu] "nearby"
- diš [niʃ] "this"
- dúbá [núbá] "do"
- duš [nuʃ] "know"
- epu [ɛpʼu] "after"
- gubu [ŋu.bu] "good"
- kage [kʼaɡɛ] "kind, type"
- kibu [kʼibu] "for a short time"
- papá [pʼapʼá] "a part"
- pedu [pʼɛdu] "a place"
- píbú [pʼíbú] "people"
- sbá [spá] "someone"
- sí [sí] "same"
- sbí [spí] "see"
- sdá [stá] "side"
- sdí [stí] "say"
- sdú [stú] "some"
- sge [ske] "folk, race, people"
- sge ška daí "Skeškatai"
- spá [spʼá] "small"
- ša [ʃa] "hear"
- šaú [ʃahú] "human" (?)
- šbe [ʃpɛ] "true"
- šbí [ʃpí] "happen"
- šku [ʃkʼu] "think"
- špu [ʃpʼu] "far, distant"
- šš [ʃʃ] "have"
- šš [ʃʃ] "here (in this place)"
- šte [ʃtɛ] "something"
- štú [ʃtʼú] "you"
- tatá [tʼatʼá] "touch"
- tate [tʼatʼɛ] "time"
- túdú [tʼúdú] "two"
