Grammatical Studies in Three Languages of Papua New Guinea |
Common terms and phrases
Adjective Phrase Agarabi akamak allomorph Ambunti aspect Attrib NP basic noun phrase be-fut boboy Buria canoe Class clause level clitic cooked diika eecha eeji eena eeta filler final clause following example harapa head slot heechi hisaw imperative indicates interrogative iyaa John kapasek kapo karakada Kata kepi Kiap Kobon Kompa List NP locational noun phrase locative phrase Madiwai main verb medial clause medial verb mima Mino Mod NP modified noun phrase mood Morphophonemic Muwaya nokwapa Number morphemes obligatory occur optional otii Papua New Guinea person phrase fills phrase margin paradigms Poss NP pronoun reduplicated riina riiti saka sentence markers siiti sing slot filled slot is filled Stative Clause Subj Obj suffix ta-nak tagmeme tawa tense thing this.way Ukarumpa verb phrase margin verb stems veyi vowel Wanio Washkuk yechi yeerek Yesan yesterday yikapwa yokotapa yopo