This is an old revision of the document!
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. 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 |
| 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | - | 1 | 1 |
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: Not applicable (hypothetically possible for long INF endings, which are not attested).
Lenght marked on 2: Not applicable (hypothetically possible for long INF themes, which are not attested).
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: enter 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: Not applicable (hypothetically possible for long endings).
Lenght marked on 2: Not applicable. All themes are long in the present tense. We entered 1 if the theme is long, e.g., ȉgrāmo – igr-aa-mo 'we play', závisīmo – zaavis-ii-mo 'we depend on' , poìgrāvāmo – poigraav-aa-mo 'we play'.
Lenght marked on 3: We entered 1 if the final syllable of the baseis long, poìgrāvāmo – poigraav-aa-mo 'we play'.
Lenght marked on 4: We entered 1 if a non-final syllable of the stem is long, e.g., závisīmo – zaavis-ii-mo 'we depend'.
If there are more possibilities, all are entered.