[YG Conlang Archives] > [saweli group] > messages [Date Index] [Thread Index] >

[Date Prev] [Date Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next]

POS markers

When a POS has two endings, the first (unvoiced) is for the closed form, the second (voiced) is for the open form.  The different endings for verbs roughly indicate the argument structure of the classifier.  Thus P-s verbs end in "p", P/F-s in "b", A/P-d in "f" (tu), A/P/F-d in "v" (ta), and AP/F-d in "m" (we/we'a).  In general, if the arg struc has a focus, the POS marker is voiced.  

v:       pbfvm
adj:    k g
n:       s z
adv/ct: d
pwm:  c j
disj:    n
conj:   r
voc:    l
imp:    x