Dschang Lexicon: Entry Examples and Key

These are keys showing the meaning of each element in a given entry:

For Verbs:

PREFIXWORD

INFINITIVE

IMPERATIVE

SOUTHERN FORM

SO. INF.

SO. IMP.

TONE POS PG: proto-grassfields form English definition 1, English definition 2, etc. (French definition 1, French definition 2, etc.)

from Albert Tsomeijio:

verb contour gif verb utterance

inf. contour gif inf. utterance

imp. contour gif imp. utterance

from Eric Tsakem:

verb utterance verb lx

inf. utterance inf. lx

imp. utterance imp. lx

For Nouns:

PREFIXWORD

SOUTHERN FORM

PLURAL

POS [Noun Class] PG: proto-grassfields form English definition 1, English definition 2, etc. (French definition 1, French definition 2, etc.)

from Albert Tsomeijio:

sing. noun gif sg. noun utt.

plural gif pl. utt.

from Eric Tsakem:

sg. noun utt. sg. noun laryng.

pl. utt. pl. laryng.

Notes:

PREFIX prefix, does not affect word ordering

WORD the headword; what is used for ordering in the lexicon

INFINITIVE infinitive form of the verb

IMPERATIVE imperative form of the verb

SOUTHERN FORM southern form of the basic verb

SO. INF. infinitive of the southern form

SO. IMP. imperative of the southern form

TONE the tone structure of the word

POS part of speech

proto-grassfields form the proto-grassfields form of the word

PLURAL the plural prefix for a noun

Definitions English are listed first, French second and in parenthesis.
Usually there is correlation between the meanings listed
under each number, if numbers are used

sing. noun gif a gif of the pitch contour of an utterance of the singular form of a noun

sg. noun utt. a link to a .wav recording of an utterance of the singular form of a noun

plural gif a gif of the pitch contour of an utterance of the plural form of a noun

pl. utt. a link to a .wav recording of an utterance of the plural form of a noun

sg. noun laryng. a link to a .wav laryngograph of an utterance of the singular form of a noun

pl. laryng. a link to a .wav laryngograph of an utterance of the plural form of a noun

verb contour gif a gif of the pitch countour of an utterance of a verb

verb utterance a link to a .wav recording of an utterance of the verb

inf. contour gif a gif of the pitch countour of an utterance of the infinitive form of a verb

inf. utterance a link to a .wav recording of an utterance of the

imp. contour gif a gif of the pitch countour of an utterance of the imperative form of a verb

imp. utterance a link to a .wav recording of an utterance of the imperative form of a verb

verb lx a link to a .wav laryngograph of an utterance of a verb

inf. lx a link to a .wav laryngograph of an utterance of the infinitive form of a verb

imp. lx a link to a .wav laryngograph of an utterance of the imperative form of a verb

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PREFIX	prefix, does not affect word ordering
WORD	the headword; what is used for ordering in the lexicon
INFINITIVE	infinitive form of the verb
IMPERATIVE	imperative form of the verb
SOUTHERN FORM	southern form of the basic verb
SO. INF.	infinitive of the southern form
SO. IMP.	imperative of the southern form
TONE	the tone structure of the word
POS	part of speech
`proto-grassfields form`	the proto-grassfields form of the word
PLURAL	the plural prefix for a noun
Definitions	English are listed first, French second and in parenthesis. Usually there is correlation between the meanings listed under each number, if numbers are used
sing. noun gif	a gif of the pitch contour of an utterance of the singular form of a noun
sg. noun utt.	a link to a .wav recording of an utterance of the singular form of a noun
plural gif	a gif of the pitch contour of an utterance of the plural form of a noun
pl. utt.	a link to a .wav recording of an utterance of the plural form of a noun
sg. noun laryng.	a link to a .wav laryngograph of an utterance of the singular form of a noun
pl. laryng.	a link to a .wav laryngograph of an utterance of the plural form of a noun
verb contour gif	a gif of the pitch countour of an utterance of a verb
verb utterance	a link to a .wav recording of an utterance of the verb
inf. contour gif	a gif of the pitch countour of an utterance of the infinitive form of a verb
inf. utterance	a link to a .wav recording of an utterance of the
imp. contour gif	a gif of the pitch countour of an utterance of the imperative form of a verb
imp. utterance	a link to a .wav recording of an utterance of the imperative form of a verb
verb lx	a link to a .wav laryngograph of an utterance of a verb
inf. lx	a link to a .wav laryngograph of an utterance of the infinitive form of a verb
imp. lx	a link to a .wav laryngograph of an utterance of the imperative form of a verb