ODIN

The Online Database of Interlinear Text

 

The following interlinear glossed text data was extracted from a document found on the World Wide Web via a semi-automated process. The data presented here could contain corruption (degraded or missing characters), so the source document (link below) should be consulted to ensure accuracy. If you use any of the data shown here for research purposes, be sure to cite ODIN and the source document. Please use the following citation record or variant thereof:

Dryer, Matthew (2006). Word Order.

URL: http://wings.buffalo.edu/soc-sci/linguistics/people/faculty/dryer/dryer/DryerShopenWordOrder.pdf

(Last accessed 2006-03-10).

ODIN: http://odin.linguistlist.org/igt_raw.php?id= 2521&langcode=xsl (2021-06-26).

 

Example #1:

    b.    Mary [Joe gha] ke             ehtsiÁ
    Mary Joe for slippers 3:is.making
    `Mary is making slippers for Joe'
Example #2:

    (82) [÷elá táhÒa ni ] kodeyihshá yíle
    boat 3.land COMP 1SG.know not
    `I didn't know that the boat came in'
Example #3:

    (90) [li Á gah hedéhfe i]                gháyeyidá
    dog rabbit chased COMP 1SG.saw
    or `I saw the rabbit that the dog chased'
Example #4:

    (111) a. dene gháyeyídá yíle
    person 1PL.see           not
    `we didn't see anyone'
Example #5:

    (119) David ÷ayíi ehtsi
    David what 3.make
    `what did David make?'