A Dictionary of Mah Meri as Spoken at Bukit Bangkong

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS The following abbreviations have been used: Word class abbreviations adv. adverb aff. affirmative asp. aspectual adverb clf. classifier conj. conjunction conn. connective demo demonstrative epist. epistemic marker exist. existential expo expressive hort. hortative ign. ignorative imp. imperative interj. interjection interr. interrogative particle n. noun neg. negator num. numeral onom. onomatopaiea part. particle poss. possessive prep. preposition pro. pronoun quant. quantifier reI. relative marker top. toponym v.i. intransitive verb V.t. transitive verb voc. vocative Other abbreviations: Cpd. compound Ency. encyclopedic x Fl. from Id. idiomatic k.o. kind of O.S. oneself S.O. someone s.th. something s.wh. somewhere Use. usage Val. variant B brother D daughter e elder F father H husband M mother S son W wife y younger Z sister Symbols * undetermined prefix boundary infix boundary @ also known as Grammatical abbreviations: A transitive agent S intransitive subject o object V verb I first person 3 third person AG agentive CLF classifier NEG negator DEM demonstrative PERF perfective DISTR distributive PRX proximate DTR detransitive PST past HAPP happenstance RETRO retrospective ITER iterative SG singular LOC locative TR transitive MID middle voice XI State border District border Road @ Town • Mah Meri village o 10kll1 I I 'I -.:..-.,-... '- \~ ,I I, I , -------------""~j~'~~----, \ ~----------\-'I \ ' \ \ , I , \ \ \ \ \ \ I \ I , ' \ \ , 1 \ "\ " r , . " I ',_, i >- ' I , I ,/' ~---------i I ' // \ ( \ : ' : uJ i Tanjung: S EPA N G i Sepat : (Koy) : 1 1 I 1 ~ .."..'"'".. .. .1'''.- ........;, nde? baya? Do g;:>nde? dund!,!-k ?ab kanji )~{Jl;.;a--Do g;:>nde? nale? Darat K;:>muc nale7----Hl1l MAp 3 THE SEPANG KECIL RIVER XIV ...