kâmv'iri Lexicon
Space: Speaker-Centric Coordinates

Away from Speaker

pâ-, [p- before vowels; bâ- before voiced stops and affricates]  D>.  to; in; at; [direction not toward speaker].  (determines the genitive case for a following singular a-stem noun, the nominative case for other singular nouns, and the oblique case of plural nouns)  [pa-D]   [PIA pr'a 'fore, forth, forward' (+; r lost in weak position)]

p'☠ D˜.  [nondelineated direction not toward speaker].   [paD˜D]

př'âa˜  L˜.  [location attached to other than speaker].   [paDň>âD]

Toward Speaker

vâ-  D<.  [direction toward speaker].   [va-D]   [PIA 'apa 'off; away' (+)]

v'☠ D˜.  [nondelineated direction toward speaker].   [vaD˜D]

v'âň, [v'âŋ before k]  L˜.  [nondelineated location toward speaker].   [vaDň>]

vř'âa˜  L˜.  [location attached to speaker].   [vaDň>âD]

v'☠p☠ D˜2.  except for [in the construction ___ to ste v☠pâ˜].   [va- ˜D pa-˜D]


(Phonemic transcription updated 3 November 2007)