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Glossing conventions and abbreviations

Below is a list of glossing conventions and abbreviations that one might come across while using the dictionary.

Gloss/abbreviation	Meaning
1	First person
2	Second person
21	First person plural inclusive
3	(Proximate) third person
3’	Obviative Third Person
AI	Animate intransitive
AIO	Animate intranstive plus object
AN	Animate
CN	Conjunct nominal
CONJ	Conjunctive
DEM	Demonstrative
DIR	Direct
DUR	Durative aspect
FUT	Future
II	Inanimate intransitive
IMMFUT	Immediate/immeninent future
IMP	Imperative
IN	Inanimate
INCH	Inchoative
IND	Indicative
INSTR	Intstrument
INV	Inverse
NMLZ	Nominalizer
NONREF	Non-referring
OBV	Obviative
OT	Time other than speech act
PERF	Perfective aspect
PL	Plural
PRO	Pronoun
PROX	Proximate
PST	Past
REFL	Reflexive
SBJV	Subjunctive
SG	Singular
TA	Transitive animate
TH.TI	Transitive inanimate theme suffix
TI	Transitive inanimate
VBLZ	Verbalizer
X>Y	X acts on Y