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Tiwi

Language
Tiwi

Family
Australian

Ethnologue

ISO

glottolog_id

Verbs table

gloss layer 1 sg > 3 sg f non-pst 2 sg > 3 sg f non-pst 3 sg f > 3 sg f non-pst 3 sg m > 3 sg f non-pst 1 pl > 3 sg f non-pst 2 pl > 3 sg f non-pst 3 pl > 3 sg f non-pst 1incl du > 3 sg f non-pst 1incl pl > 3 sg f non-pst 1 sg non-pst 2 sg non-pst 3 sg f non-pst 3 sg m non-pst 1 pl non-pst 2 pl non-pst 3 pl non-pst 1incl du non-pst 1incl pl non-pst 1 sg > 3 sg m non-pst 2 sg > 3 sg m non-pst 3 sg f > 3 sg m non-pst 3 sg m > 3 sg m non-pst 1 pl > 3 sg m non-pst 2 pl > 3 sg m non-pst 3 pl > 3 sg m non-pst 1incl du > 3 sg m non-pst 1incl pl > 3 sg m non-pst 1 pl > 3 sg f pst 2 pl > 3 sg f pst 3 pl > 3 sg f pst 1incl du > 3 sg f pst 1incl pl > 3 sg f pst 1 sg pst 2 sg pst 3 sg f pst 3 sg m pst 1 pl pst 2 pl pst 3 pl pst 1incl du pst 1incl pl pst 1 sg > 3 sg m pst 2 sg > 3 sg m pst 3 sg f > 3 sg m pst 3 sg m > 3 sg m pst 1 pl > 3 sg m pst 2 pl > 3 sg m pst 3 pl > 3 sg m pst 1incl du > 3 sg m pst 1incl pl > 3 sg m pst
verb lexeme
verb prefix 1 ngi nyi a a ngi nyi wu mu nga ngi nyi a a ngi ngi wu mu nga ngi nyi a a ngi nyi wu mu nga ngi nyi pi mu nga ngi ji ji yi ngi ngi pi mu nga ngi nyi yi yi ngi nyi pi mu nga
verb prefix 2 mpi mpi mpi mpi mpi mpi mpi mpi mpi zero mpi mpi zero mpi mpi zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero zero nti nti nti nti nti rri zero zero zero nti nti rri rri rri rri rri zero zero rri rri rri rri rri

Tiwi notes


References

Lee, Jennifer R. 1987. Tiwi today: a study of language change in a contact situation (Pacific Linguistics C 96). Canberra: ANU.