Drubea register #
The stems of Drubea with their register tiers, as [Lio25] transcribes them after
[Riv73] and [SP90]. A stem is its syllables and, on each mora, the
register nodes it bears: none, or the downstep [-raised] (Tone.TRN.downstep, the
source's l). No stem bears a tone feature or an upstep. The postlexical upstep, the
boundary features, register copying and the three stem patterns the tiers instantiate are
the analysis and live in Studies/Lionnet2025.
The entries are the source's minimal pairs and triplets, its illustrations of stem shape,
and the stems, affixes and function words of the glossed utterances it transcribes with
pitch levels; each docstring gives the example number. Where one syllable string carries
several tiers, the entries are named by gloss. The stem is the source's free-standing
monomorphemic lexical item, so pronouns and markers are stems and affixes are listed apart;
compounds are built from their members in the study. Loanwords, whose syllable-internal
downstep falls in a non-final syllable, are listed apart. Unlike vowels in sequence are
heterosyllabic and like vowels a long vowel, following the source. cv and cvv are a
light and a heavy open syllable.
Main results #
Drubea.stems_aligned,Drubea.affixes_aligned,Drubea.loans_aligned: every tier has one entry per mora.Drubea.smallCapitalI_heavy: the lax front vowel heads only bimoraic syllables.
References #
A light open syllable, (C)V.
Equations
- Drubea.cv onset v = Prosody.Syllable.ofVowel onset v
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A heavy open syllable, (C)VV, its long vowel two morae.
Equations
- Drubea.cvv onset v = Prosody.Syllable.ofLongVowel onset v
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Monosyllabic minimal pairs ((4)) #
/ĩ/ 'extremity, tip' ((3a), (4a)).
Equations
- Drubea.iTip = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [] Drubea.iNasal], tier := [[]] }
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/ꜜĩ/ 'piece, bit' ((4a)).
Equations
- Drubea.iPiece = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [] Drubea.iNasal], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/ɪɪ/ 'indigenous bamboo' ((4b)).
Equations
- Drubea.iiBamboo = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [] Drubea.smallCapitalI], tier := [[], []] }
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/ꜜɪɪ/ 'Elaeocarpus angustifolius, tree sp.' ((4b)).
Equations
- Drubea.iiElaeocarpus = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [] Drubea.smallCapitalI], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/be/ 'death; to die' ((3a), (4c)).
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/ꜜbe/ 'Melaleuca quinquenervia, niaouli' ((4c)).
Equations
- Drubea.beNiaouli = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.b] Drubea.e], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/ɖoo/ 'bag, envelope' ((4d)).
Equations
- Drubea.dooBag = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.dRetroflex] Drubea.o], tier := [[], []] }
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/ꜜɖoo/ 'Cordyline spp., plant sp.' ((4d)).
Equations
- Drubea.dooCordyline = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.dRetroflex] Drubea.o], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/cu/ 'to wipe' ((4e)).
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/ꜜcu/ 'to knock down with a pole' ((4e)).
Equations
- Drubea.cuKnock = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.c] Drubea.u], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/ɲi/ 'coconut tree' ((4f)).
Equations
- Drubea.niCoconut = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.nPalatal] Drubea.i], tier := [[]] }
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/ꜜɲi/ 'breast' ((4f)).
Equations
- Drubea.niBreast = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.nPalatal] Drubea.i], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/kee/ 'husband' ((4g), (45d)).
Equations
- Drubea.keeHusband = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.k] Drubea.e], tier := [[], []] }
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/ꜜkee/ 'Broussonetia papyrifera, paper mulberry' ((4g), (45d)).
Equations
- Drubea.keeMulberry = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.k] Drubea.e], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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CVꜜV triplets ((45)) #
/beꜜe/ NEGATION ((45a), (46)).
Equations
- Drubea.beeNeg = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.b] Drubea.e], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/bee/ 'fish' ((45a), (19)).
Equations
- Drubea.beeFish = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.b] Drubea.e], tier := [[], []] }
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/ꜜbee/ 'descendance' ((45a)).
Equations
- Drubea.beeDescendance = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.b] Drubea.e], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/pwaꜜa/ 'group of men' ((45b), (50)).
Equations
- Drubea.pwaaMen = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.pw] Drubea.a], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/pwaa/ 'white' ((45b)).
Equations
- Drubea.pwaaWhite = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.pw] Drubea.a], tier := [[], []] }
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/ꜜpwaa/ 'packet' ((45b)).
Equations
- Drubea.pwaaPacket = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.pw] Drubea.a], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/koꜜo/ 'place, field' ((45c), (53)).
Equations
- Drubea.kooPlace = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.k] Drubea.o], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/koo/ 'fish sp.' ((45c)).
Equations
- Drubea.kooFish = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.k] Drubea.o], tier := [[], []] }
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/ꜜkoo/ 'egg' ((45c)).
Equations
- Drubea.kooEgg = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.k] Drubea.o], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/keꜜe/ 1PL.SBJ ((45d), (21)).
Equations
- Drubea.kee1pl = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.k] Drubea.e], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/kãꜜã/ PROSPECTIVE ((45e), (10)).
Equations
- Drubea.kaaProspective = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.k] Drubea.aNasal], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/kãã/ 'parent, friend' ((45e)).
Equations
- Drubea.kaaParent = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.k] Drubea.aNasal], tier := [[], []] }
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/ꜜkãã/ 'big' ((45e)).
Equations
- Drubea.kaaBig = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.k] Drubea.aNasal], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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Stem shapes ((3)) and the disyllabic triplet ((34)) #
/boo/ 'blind' ((3b)).
Equations
- Drubea.booBlind = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.b] Drubea.o], tier := [[], []] }
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/ʊʊ/ 'net' ((3b)).
Equations
- Drubea.uuNet = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [] Drubea.upsilon], tier := [[], []] }
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/ku.ɽe/ 'forest, bush' ((3c), (34a)): registerless, type 1.
Equations
- Drubea.kureForest = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.k] Drubea.u, Drubea.cv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.e], tier := [[], []] }
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/ꜜku.ɽe/ 'end' ((34b)): downstepped initial syllable, type 2.
Equations
- Drubea.kureEnd = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.k] Drubea.u, Drubea.cv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.e], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/ku.ꜜɽe/ 'crayfish' ((34c)): downstepped second syllable, type 3.
Equations
- Drubea.kureCrayfish = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.k] Drubea.u, Drubea.cv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.e], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/i.ꜜya/ 'to fish' ((3c)).
Equations
- Drubea.iyaFish = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [] Drubea.i, Drubea.cv [Drubea.y] Drubea.a], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/kwi.e/ 'wind' ((3c)).
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/i.a/ 'declare war' ((3c)).
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/pwẽẽ.ɖi/ 'youngest son' ((3d)).
Equations
- Drubea.pweendiSon = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.pw] Drubea.eNasal, Drubea.cv [Drubea.dRetroflex] Drubea.i], tier := [[], [], []] }
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/ũũ.ɽe/ 'moon' ((3d)).
Equations
- Drubea.uureMoon = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [] Drubea.uNasal, Drubea.cv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.e], tier := [[], [], []] }
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/wã.ɽee/ 'liana' ((3e)).
Equations
- Drubea.wareeLiana = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.w] Drubea.aNasal, Drubea.cvv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.e], tier := [[], [], []] }
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/u.tii/ 'go home' ((3e)).
Equations
- Drubea.utiiHome = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [] Drubea.u, Drubea.cvv [Drubea.t] Drubea.i], tier := [[], [], []] }
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/be.ii/ 'be jealous' ((3e)).
Equations
- Drubea.beiiJealous = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.b] Drubea.e, Drubea.cvv [] Drubea.i], tier := [[], [], []] }
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/vẽẽ.too/ 'fish sp.' ((3f)).
Equations
- Drubea.veentooFish = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.v] Drubea.eNasal, Drubea.cvv [Drubea.t] Drubea.o], tier := [[], [], [], []] }
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Verbs and nouns of the glossed utterances #
/veto/ 'put' ((35)).
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/te.a/ 'to go up' ((36)).
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/mweɽe/ 'again' ((36)).
Equations
- Drubea.mwereAgain = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.mw] Drubea.e, Drubea.cv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.e], tier := [[], []] }
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/kapwa/ 'corrugated iron' ((37)).
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/ꜜʈobe/ 'wake up' ((39)).
Equations
- Drubea.tobeWake = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.tRetroflex] Drubea.o, Drubea.cv [Drubea.b] Drubea.e], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/ꜜŋɛɽɛ/ 'think' ((40)).
Equations
- Drubea.ngereThink = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.ŋ] Drubea.openE, Drubea.cv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.openE], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/ꜜbeɽu/ 'swim' ((13)).
Equations
- Drubea.beruSwim = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.b] Drubea.e, Drubea.cv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.u], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/ꜜkeɽee/ 'eat' ((14)).
Equations
- Drubea.kereeEat = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.k] Drubea.e, Drubea.cvv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.e], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], [], []] }
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/ꜜmwaɽii/ 'plant' ((41), (42)).
Equations
- Drubea.mwariiPlant = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.mw] Drubea.a, Drubea.cvv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.i], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], [], []] }
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/veꜜyuu/ 'to be sick, to die' ((43), (44)).
Equations
- Drubea.veyuuSick = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.v] Drubea.e, Drubea.cvv [Drubea.y] Drubea.u], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/kaꜜgwee/ 'like' ((43)).
Equations
- Drubea.kagweeLike = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.k] Drubea.a, Drubea.cvv [Drubea.gw] Drubea.e], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/uɽu/ 'cut' ((56a)).
Equations
- Drubea.uruCut = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [] Drubea.u, Drubea.cv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.u], tier := [[], []] }
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/ꜜti.e/ 'tear' ((56b), (57)).
Equations
- Drubea.tieTear = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.t] Drubea.i, Drubea.cv [] Drubea.e], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/ꜜmi.e/ 'wet' ((32), (33)).
Equations
- Drubea.mieWet = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.m] Drubea.i, Drubea.cv [] Drubea.e], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/goo/ 'Hibbertia pancheri, plant sp.' ((32)).
Equations
- Drubea.gooHibbertia = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.g] Drubea.o], tier := [[], []] }
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/ꜜgoo/ 'tree' ((33)).
Equations
- Drubea.gooTree = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.g] Drubea.o], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/ꜜtaa/ 'one' ((7), (19), (20)).
Equations
- Drubea.taaOne = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.t] Drubea.a], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/dɪɪ/ 'small' ((6), (19)).
Equations
- Drubea.diiSmall = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.d] Drubea.smallCapitalI], tier := [[], []] }
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/pwi/ 'cooked' ((20)).
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/kaa/ 'smoke' ((9)).
Equations
- Drubea.kaaSmoke = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.k] Drubea.a], tier := [[], []] }
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/ꜜʈã/ 'fire(wood)' ((9), (10), (16)).
Equations
- Drubea.taFire = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.tRetroflex] Drubea.aNasal], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/ꜜvi/ 'take' ((10)).
Equations
- Drubea.viTake = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.v] Drubea.i], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/kwɛ/ 'dance' ((53a)).
Equations
- Drubea.kweDance = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.kw] Drubea.openE], tier := [[]] }
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/ꜜkwe/ 'eat' ((48), (53b)).
Equations
- Drubea.kweEat = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.kw] Drubea.e], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/tɪɪ/ 'look at' ((30)).
Equations
- Drubea.tiiLook = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.t] Drubea.smallCapitalI], tier := [[], []] }
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/ŋa/ 'work' ((46)).
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/ꜜmwa/ 'house' ((37), (55a)).
Equations
- Drubea.mwaHouse = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.mw] Drubea.a], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/ꜜʊʊ/ 'mat' ((55b)).
Equations
- Drubea.uuMat = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [] Drubea.upsilon], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/ũ/ 'hair' ((55b)).
Equations
- Drubea.uHair = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [] Drubea.uNasal], tier := [[]] }
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/pooꜜka/ 'animal' ((55b)).
Equations
- Drubea.pookaAnimal = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.p] Drubea.o, Drubea.cv [Drubea.k] Drubea.a], tier := [[], [], [Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/ꜜko/ 'manner' ((55c)).
Equations
- Drubea.koManner = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.k] Drubea.o], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/ꜜvuu/ 'speak' ((55c)).
Equations
- Drubea.vuuSpeak = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.v] Drubea.u], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/a.bo.ɽu/ 'person' ((7)), a trisyllable.
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Pronouns and markers #
/ko/ 1SG.SBJ ((8), (13), (30)).
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/ɲi/ 3SG.SBJ ((36), (46)).
Equations
- Drubea.ni3sg = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.nPalatal] Drubea.i], tier := [[]] }
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/ꜜɳi/ 3PL.SBJ ((11), (47)).
Equations
- Drubea.ni3pl = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.nRetroflex] Drubea.i], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/te/ DESCR ((7), (13), (30)).
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/ꜜmwa/ PFV ((8), (11), (39)).
Equations
- Drubea.mwaPfv = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.mw] Drubea.a], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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/ꜜɳii/ 'say' ((11), (12)).
Equations
- Drubea.niiSay = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.nRetroflex] Drubea.i], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/ꜜme/ 'that' ((11), (12)).
Equations
- Drubea.meThat = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.m] Drubea.e], tier := [[Tone.TRN.downstep]] }
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Affixes #
The suffix -ɽe ACT ((13), (30), (53), (57)).
Equations
- Drubea.reAct = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.e], tier := [[]] }
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The prefix a- STAT ((15), (21)).
Equations
- Drubea.aStat = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [] Drubea.a], tier := [[]] }
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The verbal classifier prefix ʈa- 'VERB with one's hand' ((56), (57)), registerless of itself and copying the register of the verb's initial syllable.
Equations
- Drubea.taHand = { syllables := [Drubea.cv [Drubea.tRetroflex] Drubea.a], tier := [[]] }
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Loanwords ((54)) #
/oꜜo.ci/ 'horse', from English.
Equations
- Drubea.oociHorse = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [] Drubea.o, Drubea.cv [Drubea.c] Drubea.i], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/piꜜi.ki/ 'pig', from English.
Equations
- Drubea.piikiPig = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.p] Drubea.i, Drubea.cv [Drubea.k] Drubea.i], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/poꜜo.ci/ 'pouch, pocket', from French.
Equations
- Drubea.poociPouch = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.p] Drubea.o, Drubea.cv [Drubea.c] Drubea.i], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/taꜜa.ci/ 'bowl', from French.
Equations
- Drubea.taaciBowl = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.t] Drubea.a, Drubea.cv [Drubea.c] Drubea.i], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/coꜜo.ɽo/ 'salt', from English.
Equations
- Drubea.cooroSalt = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.c] Drubea.o, Drubea.cv [Drubea.rRetroflex] Drubea.o], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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/kaꜜa.ʈɛ/ 'car', from English.
Equations
- Drubea.kaateCar = { syllables := [Drubea.cvv [Drubea.k] Drubea.a, Drubea.cv [Drubea.tRetroflex] Drubea.openE], tier := [[], [Tone.TRN.downstep], []] }
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The lists #
The native stems.
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The affixes.
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The loanwords.
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Every stem's tier has one entry per mora.
The lax front vowel occurs long only: every syllable it heads is bimoraic.