Central Sinama-English Dictionary

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Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Introduction

1.1 Who are the Sama, and where do they live?

1.2 The number of Central Sinama speakers

1.3 Lifestyle and culture

1.4 Central Sinama and its relationship with Proto Sama-Bajaw

1.5 Photographs

2 User's Guide

2.1 Abbreviations

2.2 Finding a word

2.2.1 Alphabetical order

2.2.2 Words and affixes

2.3 Dictionary entries guide

2.3.1 Main entries

2.3.2 Cross-reference entries

2.3.3 Complex forms (compound words, derivatives, and idioms)

2.4 English-Sinama wordlist guide

2.5 Topical wordlists overview

3 Dictionary

3.1 Central Sinama-English dictionary

3.2 English-Sinama wordlist

3.3 Topical Sinama-English wordlists

4 Phonology and Orthography

4.1 Phonological, orthographic and grammatical abbreviations

4.2 Sounds and symbols

4.3 Phoneme length

4.4 Word stress

4.5 Vowel sequences within a word root

4.6 Reduplication and compounds

4.7 Morphophonemics

4.8 Comparisons to other languages

5 Grammar

5.1 Lexical classes

5.2 Complex forms

5.3 Clause

5.4 Sentence types

Appendix: Recommended Additional Sources

References