Glosses

Format

Separate:

• segmentable morphemes within a word with '-'
• clitics with '='
• multiple meta-language elements (meanings and/or abbreviations) in a single form with '.'

Gloss lexical items in 'normal font', and all else in 'CAPITALS'

1. ms't  e'pi-jig  genn-atijig                jinm-ug  
   all   woman-PL  hold-VTA.IND.PRES.3PL>4PL  man-PL   
   'all the women are holding the men'

When separating verbal inflection into smaller morphemes, please gloss in linear order. But if not, gloss the verb using the following order:

• verb order (i.e.VTA);
• conjugation (i.e. IND.PRES = indicative present);
• person & number (i.e. 3PL>4PL = 3rd person plural (subject) > 4th person plural (object))

NOTE: person/number agreement affixes that express both subject & object agreement, '>' should be used with the subject first and the object is second (i.e. subject>object)

Terms

(following Leipzig Glossing Conventions)

ABBREVIATION	terminology	notes
0	third person (inanimate)
1	first person
2	second person
3	third person (proximate)
4	third person (obviative)
ADV	adverb(ial