Length
This section is only relevant for BCS.
Vowel length is annotated across 8 columns – 4 for the infinitive, 4 for a present tense form. In order to annotate length, each verb is cut into 4 parts, starting from the end. This is shown in the schema below for poigravati, poigravamo ‘to play, we play’ and zavisiti, zavisimo ‘to depend, we depend’.
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| all preceding syllables | base-final syllable | tv | inf | - | all preceding syllables | base-final syllable | tv | 1pl.present |
| poi | graav | a | ti | - | poi | graav | aa | mo |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| all preceding syllables | base-final syllable | tv | inf | - | all preceding syllables | base-final syllable | tv | 1pl.present |
| zaa | vis | i | ti | - | zaa | vis | ii | mo |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
For the purposes of the database we transformed the traditional prosodic representations to those relevant for us. We underline the long vowel.
Any syllable carrying one of the following diacritics is long:
| Diacritic | Example |
|---|---|
| ˆ | mȃjka is majka 'mother' |
| ´ | rúka is ruka 'hand' |
| ˉ | nàpadām is napadam 'I attack' |
Infinitive
Lenght marked on 1: The instruction was to enter 1 if the infinitive ending had a long vowel, which was never the case.
Lenght marked on 2: The instruction was to enter 1 if the infinitive theme vowel was long, which was never the case.
Lenght marked on 3: We entered 1 if the final syllable of the base is long, e.g., poigrávati – poigraav-a-ti 'to play'.
Lenght marked on 4: We entered 1 if a non-final syllable of the base is long, e.g., závisiti – zaavis-i-ti 'to depend'.
Present tense
Lenght marked on 1: The instruction was to enter 1 if the 1st-person-plural ending had a long vowel, which was never the case.
Lenght marked on 2: The instruction was to enter 1 if present-tense theme vowel was long, e.g., ȉgrāmo – igr-aa-mo 'we play', závisīmo – zaavis-ii-mo 'we depend on' , poìgrāvāmo – poigraav-aa-mo 'we play'. This was always the case.
Lenght marked on 3: We entered 1 if the final syllable of the base is long, poìgrāvāmo – poigraav-aa-mo 'we play'.
Lenght marked on 4: We entered 1 if a non-final syllable of the base is long, e.g., závisīmo – zaavis-ii-mo 'we depend'.
If there are more possibilities, all are entered.