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Giorgio Buccellati – June 1998, edited March 2012

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     The structure of the record that includes the morphemic analysis of each element (Database 3), is described in the table below.
     The letter identifiers for columns correspond to the column identifier in most spreadsheet programs into which one may wish to import the data.
     Each row below corresponds to one type of word or part of speech, which is the defining criterion for subsequent codes.
     Column A gives the sequential number of the elements sorted alphabetically.
     The columns that include tags are marked by a color background that identifies four major sets.
     Black (col. D) is for linguistic affiliation.
     Blue (cols. E and F) is for the word or part of speech.
     Maroon (col. J) is for internal inflection or shapes of primary nouns, categories that are applicable only for verbs and nouns.
     Purple (cols. K to R) is for external inflection.

   
element
lg.
word
base or root
type
internal aff.
external
columns A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P
primary noun 1(`a)mmam unclewn`amm-  paternal unclep05 a p1sc
deverbal noun         
verbal form 179'abu:rmay I prospersvbwruto be firm/stable2bw 1 sc
pronoun949kayoursp-ka of yous   2smg
invariable944'is^tawithsiwas^t- with/fromx   c
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Column D

aAnatolian
gEgyptian
hHurrian
sSemitic
SSumerian
wWest Semitic
?unknown
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Column E

COL. E
PART OF SPEECH

hhypocoristic suffix
iinvariable
nnoun
ppronoun
vverb
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Columns I through S after "v" in col. E

PART OF SPEECH
col. E
v  verb
TYPE
col. I
*  strong triradical root
1  initial weak root
2  middle weak root
3  final weak root
4  double weak root
5  strong quadriradical
6  weak quadriradical
f  foreign element
g  geminate root
INTERNAL INFLECTION
col. J
col. K
STEM
PRIM. MOOD/TENSE
b     Basic1  imperative
bh   Basic, h causative2  preterite
bt    Basic t3  perfect (East Semitic)
btn  Basic tn4  present-future
n     N stem5  perfect (West Semitic)
ntn  Ntn stem6  imperfect
d     D stemw  positive wish
dt    Dt stemv  vetitive
dtn  Dtn stemp  prohibitive
s      Shin stem
st     Shin t stem
stn  Shin tn stem
r      R stem
EXTERNAL INFLECTION
col. M
col. N
col. O
col. P
SEC. MOOD
OERSON
PUMBER
GENDER
e  energic1  first personc  collectivec  common
i  indicative2  second persond  dualf  feminine
s  subjunctive3  third personp  pluralm  masculine
v  ventives  singular
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Columns I through S after "n" in col. E

PART OF SPEECH
col. E
n  noun
TYPE
col. I
 DEVERBAL
*strong triradical root
1initial weak root
2 middle weak root
3final weak root
4double weak root
5strong quadriradical
6weak quadriradical
fforeign element
ggeminate root
  
 UNMOTIVATED
lloanword
pprimary Semitic
uunknown
INTERNAL INFLECTION OR SHAPE
col. J
col. K
   0  pV(actual vowels
  1  pV:of pattern or shape)
  2  pVpV
  3  pVr
  4  pV:s
  5  pVrr
  6  pVrs
  7  pVrVs
  8  pVrV:
  9  pV:rVs
10  pVrV:s
11  pV:rV:s
12  pVrrVs
13  pVrrV:
14  pVrrV:s
15  pVrVrV:s
16  pVrVss
17  pVrsV:s
18  pVrVssV:s
19  pVrVssV'
20  pVrrVsVss
21  'VprVs
22  'VnprVs
23  mVprVs
24  mV:rVs
25  mVprV:s
26  mVrrVs
27  nVprVs
28  nV:rVs
29  nVprV:s
30  pVtrVs
31  pVtrV:s
32  rVs
33  rV:
34  s^VprVs
35  s^VprV:s
36  tVprVs
37  tVprV:s
38  pVrpVr
39  pVrpVrr
40  rVrrVs
41  rVsrVs
42  pVrs^Vd
43  pVrs^d
44  pVrs^V:
45  pVrVs^Vd<
46  pVrrVs^V:d
47  pVrs^VdVdd
48 'VprVs^V:d
EXTERNAL INFLECTION
col. M
col. N
col. O
col. P
STATE
NUMBER
GENDER
CASE
a  absolutec  collectivec  commona  accusative
c  constructd  dualf  feminined  dative
e  emphaticp  pluralm  masculineg  genitive
m  normal w/ mimations  singular s  locative
n  normal w/o mimation n  nominative
p  predicative t  terminative
  +  compound
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Columns I through S after "p" in col. E

PART OF SPEECH
col. E
p  pronoun
TYPE
col. I
aanaphoric
ddeterminative
findefinite
ginterrogative
ipersonal independent
ppossessive
rrelative
spersonal suffix
EXTERNAL INFLECTION
col. M
col. N
col. O
col. P
PERSON
NUMBER
GENDER
CASE
1  firstc  collectivec  commona  accusative
2  secondd  dualf  feminined  dative
3  thirdp  pluralm  masculineg  genitive
  s  singular n  nominative
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Columns I and J after "i" in col. E

PART OF SPEECH
col. E
i  invariable
TYPE
col. I
a  adverb
e  enclitic
i  interjection
l  particle
x  preposition
NOTIONAL
col. J
#pertinence
*existence
+posteriority
-comparative
aablative
bcontrastive
ccompany
ddative
eemphatic
ffunction
iinstrumental
llimitation
mmanner
nnegation
oisolative
plocative
rreflexive
spossessive
ttemporal
uanteriority
vadvantage
wcontemporaneity
xexceptive
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