PL-Formants.htm
Tlazoltéotl

THE PROTO-LANGUAGE

FORMANTS

by Patrick C. Ryan

(9/23/98)

Copyright 1998 Patrick C. Ryan







Since the Comment was itself nominal, forming compounds with the "verbal" elements of the Statement produced what we interpret as aspectual modifications. I think that the connections between the "nominal" and "verbal" interpretations are basically self-explanatory when viewed in the context of the following table:



"Nominal"
Significance 		PL F O R M A N T "Verbal"
Significance
DEFINITE
SINGULAR
ANIMATE: N[H]A, "wave, a(n), undulate"




INANIMATE: NA, "rock, a(n), be inside"
 INGRESSIVE
(intrans.: "start to . . ." )




INGRESSIVE
(trans.: "start to . . .")
INDEFINITE
SINGULAR
ANIMATE: S[H]E, "(unattached) male, one individual, be alone"



INANIMATE: SE, "seed, one single, emit forcefully"
SINGULATIVE
(intrans.: ". . . once")




SINGULATIVE
transitive: ". . . once")
SMALL
DEFINITE
PLURAL
ANIMATE: F[H]A, "(hunting) pack"



INANIMATE: FA, "palm, number"
IMPERFECTIVE
(intransitive: ". . . ing")



IMPERFECTIVE
(transitive: ". . . ing")
SMALL
INDEFINITE
PLURAL
ANIMATE: R[H]E, "rain, indefinite quantity, fall"



INANIMATE: RE, "fingernail, scratch, indef. amount, make"
TRANSFORMATIVE
(intrans.: "become . . .")



FACTITIVE
transitive: "make . . .")
LARGE
DEFINITE
PLURAL
ANIMATE:T[H]O, "tribe, large quantity"



INANIMATE: T[?]O, "lump, large amount"
ITERATIVE
(intr.: ". . . repeatedly")



ITERATIVE
(tr.: ". . . repeatedly")
LARGE
INDEFINITE
PLURAL
ANIMATE: X[H]A, "fish, very large quantity"




INANIMATE: XA, "pharynx, press together, very large amount"
INTENSIVE
(intransitive: ". . . energetically")



INTENSIVE
(transitive: " . . energetically")
INDEFINITE
PLURAL
ANIMATE: HHA, "water, many, move"



INANIMATE: ¿A, "stone, much"
PERFECTIVE
(intr. ". . . completely")



PERFECTIVE
(tr.: ". . . completely")
UNIVERSAL
PLURAL


"CV-CV, "all";

CV-"CV, "every"
REDUPLICATION
GNOMIC



"CV-CV, "always . . . (state)";

CV-"CV, "always . . . ing"
DIMINUTIVE /
PARTITIVE
"small, part of"
ANIMATE: P[H]A, "flea, small quantity"



INANIMATE: P[?]A, "buttocks, half, small amount"
DIMINUTIVE
(intr.: ". . . a little")



DIMINUTIVE
(trans.: ". . . a little")
AUGMENTATIVE /
COMPARATIVE
"large, more"
ANIMATE: R[H]O, "antelope, spring"



INANIMATE: RO, "lip, raise"
FREQUENTATIVE
(intrans.: ". . . often")



FREQUENTATIVE
(transitive: ". . . often")


"Nominal"
Significance 		PL F O R M A N T "Verbal"
Significance
FEMININE




LOCATIVE
ANIMATE: HA, "air, hollow"



INANIMATE: ?A, "forehead, near"
 STATIVE
(intransitive)



STATIVE
(transitive)



"Nominal"
Significance 		PL F O R M A N T "Verbal"
Significance
COMPLETIVE /
SUPERLATIVE

K[H]E-¿E, "shadow-like = gray";

K[H]E-¿E-M[H]O, "overall gray = black"

M[H]O, "wander, overall"
 PERFECT PARTICIPLE

K[H]E, "alter";


K[H]E-M[H]O, "alter-overall = altered";

DIFFERENTIATION


T[?]O, "torso";

T[?]O-¿E, "organ"

¿E, "abdomen, voice, word, -like"
 IMPERFECT
PARTICIPLE

T[?]O, "put together";

T[?]O-¿E, "putting together"







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