kâmv'iri Lexicon
Space: Postpositional Location

(Unless otherwise noted, postpositions follow the genitive case form of singular a-stem nouns, the nominative case form of other singular nouns, and the oblique case form of plural nouns)



to  LIt.  at; in; to.  (depicts an object's "place")  [to>]   [PIA -sthâ- 'situated'  following T. 13736]

stealso ste˜  LIt.  from.  (used with places)  [NstaNe>]


ke˜,  [ŋe after vowels]  LIt.  for (= düŋe).   [ke˜>]   [PIA k'a-i-na 'through what'   T. 2574 (+)]
âska ^lâtri `tu ŋe `ü pto. 'I sent that thing down to you.'
âska `tu ŋe ü pta lâtria `gâć. 'Give me that thing that I sent down to you.'
âska ^lâtri `tu ŋe_âsa. 'That thing is for you.', but
âska `tu lâtria `gâć. 'Give me that thing that is for you / yours.'

düŋealso ke˜  LIt.  for (= -ke˜).   [>1Nke˜>]


meS  LIt.  with.   [NmeS>]   [PIA mišr'a- 'mixed'   T. 10135]

nâ˜ia  LIt.  without.   (The preceding noun is in the nominitive case if it is indefinite.)  [>nâ-˜iNa-˜>]


u  LIt.  near; by; around.   (used with places; i.e., after -to˜, locus nouns formed with pa-, and place names)   [u1>]

to˜ u  LIt.  by; around.   [to˜N u1>]


vikalso vike  LIt.  until; up to.  (used with places)  [NviDkN]


bâTea˜  LIt.  instead of.   [bâTaNe-a-˜>]


(Phonemic transcription updated 5 November 2007)