Bahnar

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric *toʔ (hot), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ktuuʔ (hot); cognate with Halang , Sedang to, Khmer ក្ដៅ (kdaw), Mon က္တဴ (kətao).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɔʔ/

Adjective

  1. hot

Moriori

Noun

  1. singular definite article the. Used before nouns beginning with the consonant 'w' and nouns beginning with the syllables ro, ko, po, mo, no, or ngo.

See also

Allomorphs of Singular Prenominal Definite Articles
Determiner allomorph Phonological environment Example Gloss Source
ta Before high vowel ta ure the penis Clark (2000:19)
tch, tc?, tche?, tchĕ? Before non-high vowel tch ara the way Clark (2000:19)
i Before t, tch i tao the spear Clark (2000:20)
Ø Before t, tch (within a prepositional phrase) o Ø tama; ki Ø toki of the son; the axe (object) Clark (2000:19)
t' Before wh t’whare the house Clark (2000:20)
t', tch, tc?, tche?, tchĕ? Before h tch hara; t’hokotauki the proverb; the injury Clark (2000:20)
tV: te, ta, tu, to, , Before r, k, p, m, n, ng tŭ kura; ta karang’; ta rakau; tŏ roro; te rerenga the chief; the cry; the tree; the entrance; the survivor Clark (2000:21)
, to Before w to wahine ra; tŏ waka that woman; the canoe Clark (2000:22)
rV: ra, ri Before k, p, m, n, ng, w (within a prepositional phrase) i ri po; a ra ngaro in the night; of the fly Clark (2000:22)

References

  • Shand, Alexander (1894), “The Moriori People of the Chatham Islands: Their Traditions and History”, in The Journal of the Polynesian Society[1]
  • Middleton, John (2023), “Preverbal Determiners and the Passive in Moriori”, in *Oceanic Linguistics*[2], volume 62, number 1, pages 117–142