Grammatical keys in Cheyenne dictionary files
This information will not be useful to everyone. It is intended for those who wish to understand more of the SFM's (Standard Format Markers) used to label categories of information in Cheyenne dictionary files on Wayne Leman's computer. The following keys to Cheyenne grammar are found in these dictionary files, in the \g grammar field of lexical records:
GRAMMAR.KEY (May 10, 1991)
Grammatical key (\g ) field abbreviations for Cheyenne lexical files:
ni inanimate noun
ni-poss possessed inan. noun (stem)
na animate noun
na-poss poss. an. noun (stem)
vai animate intransitive verb (usually stem)
vii inan. intrans. verb
vti trans. inan. verb
vta trans. an. verb
vta-impv Transitive Animate Imperative
vta-pass Transitive Animate Passive
vita TA verb with inan. subject
fai AI final
fii II final
fti TI final
fta TA final
vta (ai+o) TA verb built from an AI stem plus secondary TA final
vti (ai+o) TI verb built from an AI stem plus secondary TI final
vta (ita) TA verb which takes an inanimate semantic subject.
rs resultative (verb with -otse suffix)
pv preverb
pn prenoun
i initial
m medial
mbp bodypart medial
p particle
pro pronominal prefix
pfx prefix
sfx suffix
loc locative
obl oblique
temp temporal
instr instrumental
cj conjunct
vii-cj inan. intransitive verb (etc.) in the conjunct order
Some grammatical subcategories are found in a \gs (grammatical subcategory)
field, e.g.
ben benefactive
sub substitutive
rr relative root (or preverb, initial, or stem)
nrr non-relative root (or prever, initial or stem, corresp. to the relative form)
nom nominalization
agt agentivized
pers personified
impers impersonal
dim diminutive
rs resultative (-otse)
caus morphological causative (e.g. TA verb stem with -'seh final)
(It may be that some of the subcategorization found in the \g field, such as
for possession, e.g. ni-poss, should be transferred to the \gs field. For
example a ni-poss noun stem would then have a \g ni field and a \gs poss
field.)
proper names may appear with any of the following:
na-N e.g. Kov[a[ahe 'Youngman'
name (here, or type "name" with \k ?)
ni-N e.g. M[eave'ho'~eno 'Lame Deer'
place
(often proper names will only occur with a semantic key field of \k name)
separate key codes for the following:
\pl plural (animacy already coded in \g field)
\obv obviative (use " if same as \pl)
\mas masculine
\fem feminine
\ant antonym
\syn synonym
some \k field entries:
animal, bird, name, snake, tribe, tree, etc.
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