Example 19-230

tif; man; tìfman
tif;
steal
man;
man
tìf-man
steal.cpd-man
steal; man; thief
Comment:
Pichi makes use of tonal derivation in order to derive compound nouns and verbs. The lexical high tone over the initial component(s) of a compound is (are) deleted and replaced by a default low tone. CPD stands for deleted high tone in ComPounD.
Type:
elicited from speaker
Source:
Field data