TABLE OF ABBREVIATIONS.

adj., adjective.

adv., adverb.

art., article.

def., definite.

demons., demonstrative.

excl., exclusive (of personal pronouns, excluding the person

addressed).

exclam., exclamation.

genit., genitive.

_gu_, marks a noun as taking the suffixed pronouns _gu_, _mu_,

_na_.

incl., inclusive (of personal pronouns, including the person

addressed).

interj., interjection.

interr., interrogative.

metath., metathesis.

n., noun.

_na_, marks a noun as taking the suffixed pronoun in the third

singular only.

neg., negative.

neut., neuter.

obj., object.

part., particle.

partic., participle.

pers., person, personal.

pl., plural.

poss., possessive.

pr., pronoun.

pref., prefix.

prep., preposition.

S, Sa'a language. See Sa'a and Ulawa dictionary.

sing., singular.

sub., subject.

suff., suffix, suffixed.

term., termination.

tr., transitive.

U, Ulawa language. See Sa'a and Ulawa dictionary.

v., verb.

v.i., verb intransitive, i.e., a verb which can not take the

pronoun suffixed.

v.p., verbal particle.

v.tr., verb transitive, i.e., a verb which can take the pronoun

suffixed.

voc., vocative.

M.L., Codrington's Melanesian Languages.

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