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Morphemes and Abbreviations
Here we provide glosses and definitions of Omagua grammatical morphemes. We also include
morphemes that occur synchronically but happen to not appear in the texts, when we discuss them
in Chapter 2. Table 1 is organized alphabetically by gloss, and Table 2 by morpheme.
Table 1: Morphemes and Abbreviations by Gloss
Gloss Definition Morpheme
1sg.ms First singular masculine speech taa/ta=
1pl.excl.ms First plural exclusive masculine speech tanu
1pl.incl First plural inclusive yene/yene=
2sg Second singular ene/ne=
2pl Second plural epe/pe=
3sg.ms Third singular masculine speech muRa/Ra=
3pl.ms Third plural masculine speech Ranu ∼ Rana
abl Ablative =sui
act.nomz Active nominalizer -taRa
adess Adessive =kakuRa
agt.nomz Agent nominalizer -waRa
all Allative =kate
appl Applicative =supe
aug Augmentative =wasu
caus Causative -ta
cert Certainty =tina
cess Cessative =upa
com Comitative =mukui
coord Coordinator weRanu
core.neg Core negator -s1ma
dem.prox.ms Proximal demonstrative masculine speech akia
dem.prox.ms.pro Proximal demonstrative pro-form masculine speech akia
dem.prox.fs Proximal demonstrative feminine speech amai
dem.prox.fs.pro Proximal demonstrative pro-form feminine speech amai
dem.dist.ms Distal demonstrative masculine speech yuká
dem.dist.ms.pro Distal demonstrative pro-form masculine speech yuká
dem.dist.fs Distal demonstrative feminine speech yukú
dem.dist.fs.pro Distal demonstrative pro-form feminine speech yukú
dim Diminutive =k1Ra
exst Existential amiti
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