Value Simple tone system, for lexical and grammatical distinctions

Language:
Santome
Parameter:
Tone
References
Maurer 2008

Examples

  1. Xi tudu mwala myole ká sêbê kwa se [...].
    Xi
    if
    tudu
    all
    mwala
    woman
    myole
    today
    ká
    irr
    sêbê
    know
    kwa
    thing
    se
    dem
    [...].
    [...]
    If all today's women would know that [...].
  2. ôkô; ôkô
    ôkô;
    calabash
    ôkô
    hole
    calabash; hole (in a tree or a stone)
  3. lala; lálá
    lala;
    grater
    lálá
    grate
    grater (LL); to grate (HH)

    See Maurer 2008: 259

  4. Bô ka kume, mwala ka kume, anzu ka kume [...].
    Bô
    2sg
    ka
    hab
    kume,
    eat
    mwala
    woman
    ka
    hab
    kume,
    eat
    anzu
    baby
    ka
    hab
    kume
    eat
    [...].
    [...]
    You eat, your wife eats, the baby eats [...].
  5. mwálá, kasó, plókò, àlè
    mwálá,
    woman
    kasó,
    dog
    plókò,
    pig
    àlè
    king
    woman, dog, pig, king
  6. Mwálá kùmè. Plókó kùmè. Kasó kùmè. Àlè kùmè.
    Mwálá
    woman
    kùmè.
    eat
    Plókó
    pig
    kùmè.
    eat
    Kasó
    dog
    kùmè.
    eat
    Àlè
    king
    kùmè.
    eat
    The woman ate. The pig ate. The dog ate. The king ate.
  7. bóbó vs. bóbò, kúlù vs. kúlú
    bóbó
    idiot
    vs.
    vs.
    bóbò,
    mulatto
    kúlù
    unripe
    vs.
    vs.
    kúlú
    dard
    idiot vs. mulatto, unripe vs. dark