Abbreviations
Abbreviations in morpheme-by-morpheme glosses to song-texts
Each of the following abbreviations represents a morpheme (chunk of meaning). The morpheme-by-morpheme glosses consist of ordered strings of morphemes, each separated by a period; some morphemes are bundles of more than one chunk of meaning. For definition of terms, see chapter3.
Ø | Zero |
1 | First person |
1/2 | First person inclusive of addressee |
2 | Second person |
3 | Third person |
AUG | Augmented |
A | Agent of transitive verb |
ABL | Ablative case marker |
ADVERS | Adversative |
ANAPH | Anaphoric |
BEN | Benefactive |
CAUS | Causative |
CONT | Continuant |
DAT | Dative |
DEIC | Deictic |
DTOP | Different topic |
EXCL | Exclusive of addressee |
F | Female |
FUL | Full of |
INC | Inclusive of addressee |
IO | Indirect Object |
IR | Irrealis |
LOC | Locative |
M | Masculine |
MIN | Minimal |
NEG | Negator |
NC | Noun Classifier |
O | Direct Object |
PERF | Perfective |
POSS | Possessive |
PRES | Present Tense |
PRO | Pronoun |
PURP | Purposive |
R | Realis |
REDUP | Reduplicated |
REFL | Reflexive |
S | Subject of intransitive verb |
S/A | Form is identical for Subject or Agent |
SIM | Simultaneous |
SW | Songword |
TOP | Topic |
UAUG | Augmented by one |