Category:demonstratives
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Adjectival demonstratives
| Set I: used for masculine/neutral nouns and plural feminine nouns | |||
| Northern | Southern | pastəducid | Technical description |
| tiʔəʔ | ti | this | proximal adjectival demonstrative |
| tiʔiɫ / tiiɫ | tiiɫ | that | distal adjectival demonstrative |
| ti | šə | a/the particular one | adjectival demonstrative of unique reference |
| tə | tə | a/the | non-contrastive/neutral adjectival demonstrative |
| kʷi | kʷi | a, any, some | hypothetical/remote adjectival demonstrative |
| tiʔacəc | tiʔacəc | specific reference adjectival demonstrative | |
| Set II: used for singular feminine nouns and small animals | |||
| Northern | Southern | pastəducid | Technical description |
| tsiʔəʔ | tsi | this | proximal adjectival demonstrative |
| tsiʔiɫ | tsiiɫ | that | distal adjectival demonstrative |
| tsi | sə | a/the particular one | adjectival demonstrative of unique reference |
| tsə | tsə | a/the | non-contrastive/neutral adjectival demonstrative |
| kʷsi | kʷsi | a, any, some | hypothetical/remote adjectival demonstrative |
| tsiʔacəc | tsiʔacəc | specific reference adjectival demonstrative | |
Pronominal demonstratives
| Set I: used for masculine/neutral nouns and plural feminine nouns | |||
| Northern | Southern | pastəducid | Technical description |
| tiʔəʔ | ti | this | proximal pronominal demonstrative |
| tiʔiɫ / tiiɫ | tiʔiɫ | tiʔiɫ | distal pronominal demonstrative |
| Set II: used for singular feminine nouns and small animals | |||
| Northern | Southern | pastəducid | Technical description |
| tsiʔəʔ | tsi | this | proximal pronominal demonstrative |
| tsiʔiɫ | tsiʔiɫ | that | distal pronominal demonstrative |
Adverbial demonstratives
| Set I: used for masculine/neutral nouns and plural feminine nouns | |||
| Northern | Southern | pastəducid | Technical description |
| diʔaʔ | dišaʔ | here | proximal adverbial demonstrative |
| tiʔaʔ | here | proximal adverbial demonstrative (more specific) | |
| tudiʔ / tadiʔ | over there, over yonder | distal adverbial demonstrative | |
| taʔa | over there, over yonder | distal adverbial demonstrative (more specific) | |
| kʷədiʔ | that way over there | remote adverbial demonstrative | |
| Set II: used for masculine/neutral nouns and plural feminine nouns | |||
| Northern | Southern | pastəducid | Technical description |
| tsiʔaʔ | here | proximal adverbial demonstrative | |
| tsudiʔ / tsadiʔ | over there, over yonder | distal adverbial demonstrative | |
| tsaʔa | over there, over yonder | distal adverbial demonstrative (more specific) | |
Number of times this entry has been verified against the sources, including at the time of creation: 2
In general, an entry with a higher number of verifications and sources may be considered more reliable.
sources
- 1994, Dawn Bates, Thom Hess and Vi Hilbert, Lushootseed Dictionary, ISBN 0-295-97323-4, University of Washington Press, pp. 224–5, 228–229
- 1995, Thom Hess and Vi [taqʷšəblu] Hilbert, Lushootseed: The language of the Skagit Nisqually, and other tribes of Puget Sound, an Introduction: Book I, Lushootseed Press, ch. 3, 4
- 1995, Thom Hess, Lushootseed Reader with Introductory Grammar. Vol. 1: Four Stories from Edward Sam, ISBN 9781879763111, University of Montana Occasional Papers in Linguistics, no. 11, Missoula: University of Montana pp. 77–79
Subcategories
This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total.