Index to Kuki-Thaadow Field Notes (Larry Hyman & Thien Haokip, Sept. 2002-August 2004)
adjectives
again
Agreement, verbal
23-4, 58-9, 77, 337, 360, 365, 368, 382, 383, 431
kît 155, 180, 198, 199
45, 67-70, 91, 95-98, 102-3, 104-5, 107, 129, 152, 13, 167, 205, 229-230, 233, 241, 245, 287,
293-4, 305, 357, 358, 406, 408; hlôn/ùu 91, 95-89, 102-5, 107, 287, 293-4, 305, 406, 408-9
applicative pîe/pîq
48, 73, 120, 156-7, 175, 293, 304; ‘dress s.o.’ verbs 289; reflexive without pìq 290, 316
àq/áa enclitic
50, 52, 76-77, 85, 86, 87, 112, 121, 253, 256, 257, 269-270, 462; àq  à before tsûn 253
auxiliaries, post verbal sàa ‘already’ 43, 138, 156?, 169, 223, 288, 324, 351, 352, 355, 354 (after); khôom
elements
‘together’ 49, 116, 140, 143, 156, 242 (w/hlon), 243, 305; hûng ‘come, become’ 139, 403;
dòq ‘out’ 149, 150, 175, 176, 179, 184, 284, 285; kît ‘again’ 155, 180, 198, 199; núom
‘want’ 162, 234, 362, 470; zòq/zòo ‘after’ (zow?) 168-9, 405; zaw (zow?) ‘already, just’
169, 232, 259 (completely), khâa ‘have done before’ 169, sùq ‘go down’ 181, 344, púoq
‘up’? 181, lûut ‘enter’ as V2 190; tàq ‘a lot’ 203, 354, dèn ‘still’ 244, thèy ‘can’ 219; tsáay
‘finish’; zòq ‘instead’ 308; bòw ‘instead’ 165-6, 167, 170-1, 317; kùon ‘about to’ 321;
láay ‘still’ 321, 324; zîi ‘used to’ 321, béy/bèy ‘used up, no longer’ 322, kháa ‘to have
done before’ 323, zów (kéey) completely, after 351, pha/hoy ‘well’ 429, vàal ‘too
much’ 430, pèet ‘while’ 483; núng after 405
benefactive, recipient, 293, 304, dîng 48, 120, 121, 148, 157, 295, 313, 463-4, 470; pîe/pìq 48, 73, 120, 156-7,
applicative, source
175, 289; khêel ín ‘instead of’ 73, 120, 159 (w/pìq); feed 103, 114; kúon áa ‘from’ 159160; ‘throw at’ 160; Ø appl. w/reflexive 290, 316; introduce 290-1; malefactive 292
causative
72, 83, 121, 157, 158, 186, 192, 280, 288, 296, 297, 304, 398, 399, 470
coda nasal release
71
comparatives
201, 202, 203, 223, 405, 409
complementizers
if 105, 106, 222-3, 224, 228, 231-2, 360; clefts 163, 249; tell s.o. to X 220-1, 219; because
of 340
complex/compound
82, 140, 143, 144, 152, 160, 173-4, 181, 182, 183, 185, 188, 189, 191, 192, 194, 196, 197,
verbs
211, 297, 337, 359, 378, 389, 412, 424, 431; see also Filemaker Dico
conjoined sentences
171, 207-8, 210, 212, 214, 216-7, 218, 254, 457, 467; and also 171, while 208, 215, 483,
/láay/ ‘when’ 209, 214, want that S 212, 234, after 214, because 215, after 405
contractions
pòo+êe, hìi+êe 42, 152 , kòy + ìn 78, 269, kêy + ìn 45, vâa, ámâa + ìn 50, thûu + ín 86,
114, 167, hìi + âm 101, hí + ìn 109, dìng + ín 120, 313, dìng +áa 137, ùu + áa 152, tàa +
êe 204, púu + ìn 216, hí, tsú, khú + ín 215, CVC + êe 481-2
copula constructions
77, 93, 106, 149, 165, 166, 167, 170, 220, 234, 250, 255, 270, 276, 300, 303, 466
demonstratives
53, 54, 55, 71, 436, full paradigm 478-9, áa tsú vs. áa tsún 480, ‘here/there’ 55, here is
276, hín, tsún 416, 421
ding
tone 35, 42
dîng/dìng ‘for’
48, 120, 121, 148, 157, 295, 313, 463-4, 470
directionals
go to 101, enter 238, run into 239, 268, gey ‘up to’ 402
Ergative
throughout; not in intransitive 274-5
even, also
zòng 171
from
159, 264, kúon áa 159-160
gender (pâa, nûu)
209, 221, 235, 339, 397
genitive tone
84-85, 415-7, 424, 431, 442
gerund/nominalization 92, 134-5, 135, 145, 147, 209, 249, 254, 255, 296, 315-6, 443-445, 461
give
with two objects 102
help
180, 267
hìi (á hîi)
semantics thereof 87, 88, 89, 99, 100, 209, 234, 251, 274-5, 280, 300, 307-311, 316, 318;
variants of hìi + marking, lòw/pòo: 51, 76, 89, 90, 94, 112-3, 114 (check!), 133-4, 274-5,
281, 452, 468, 480, 481
hlon
tone 34
hn sequence
97
hòn
243, 266 (ho + in?)
ín/áa enclitic
49, 50, 86, 251, ‘feed X with Y’ 103, 114-5, 117
2
instruments
49, 50, 251, 314, 327, 340, caus. + instr 118, on foot 119; as subj. 211, 422, à tsám ín ‘voluntarily’ 278, mòl púm ín ‘along with stick’ 313, à tsáng ín by self 398, ‘w/ speed’ 429
khàt
one/a 237, one of 263, /thém + khàt/ ‘some’ 263, 264, another 436
locative/instr. -ná
49, 50, 131, 135, 209-210, 211, 212, 213, 304, 327, 340, 411, 435, 463
locatives
50, 52, 76-77, 85, 86, 87, 112, 121, 251, 253, 256, 257, 269-270, 163, 204, 268, 416, 462, put
121, cook in pot/house 121; woman from Imphal 264; inside me 268, here is 276; near
290 (cf. speak to 398), under/on/in front/behind 297, 344, 391, 402, 409, far from 398
names
284, 332
negative
228, 229
noun compounds
147, 148, 235, 257-266, 271, 272, 339, 342-3, 344, 355, 375ff, gàa 420
noun
phrase 96, 105, 108, 110, 128, 156, 159, 165, 166, 167, 170-1, 267, 361
conjunction
numerals
11, 12, 19, 315, tones 22, tée nìi 57, 63, 78, 95, 231, 233, 246, 264 (‘both’), 131 (alone in
rel clause), in compounds 249, reduplication 326-7; vèy ‘one time, etc.’ 343, 363, ‘one
of, two of’ 263, 441, 485
only, just, instead
bòw ‘only, just, instead’165-6, 167, 170-1, 317; séq ‘only’ 170-1; zòq ‘instead’ 128, 165,
166, 167
optional marking
plural hòo 234, 236, 237; plural ùu 127; determiner tsú; optional subject 78, 327; no
subject 138; gender 152-3 [see Paris sketch]; object cleft without subject + ìn 164; húng
dìng for húng dìng á !hîi 213, á kàp vs. kàp 452
pronouns
3, 4, 19, 77, 122-124, 126, 244, 253-4, 325, 326, plural possessor 261-2, 326, 409, 441,
ìmàa 352
quantifiers
tsáng !tsîe ‘each individual’ 122, 326, zaa ‘numerous’ 210, bôon ‘all’ 259, 263, /thém +
khàt/ some 263, 264, hloom ‘few’ 363, ‘all/whole’ 379, tám (tàq) ‘many’ 397
questions, WH
64, 78-82, 99-100, 101,108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 136, 137, 215, 220, 221, 242, 243-4, 244,
250, 260, 267, 302, 327, 361, 365, 437, 438, 447, 488; which 64, how many 64, where 81,
101, 109, 136, 267, 361, 438; no subj marker 108; with tòq 110; how 365; indirect Q 437
questions, yes-no
54, 215-6, 269, 301, 360, 418 (contingent query); intonation 54
reduplication
numerals 326-7, verbs (‘keep doing’) 359
reflexive ki193, 203, 206,7, 267, 277-9, 280, 281, 283-4, 287, 289, 290, 292-3, 295, 311, 355, 346, 366,
372, 377, 386,400, 463, 464, 465; with ‘put on’ verbs 193, 284, 465
relative clauses
110-1, 131, 145, 147, 157, 158, 160, 237-8, 238, 245-6, 246, 247, 304, 312, 314, 432, 435; on
obliques 131; on causative/applicative 157-8; on locative 304, 312, 314; the reason why
435; word order 247
reported speech
220-1, 445-6, 448-9, 458, 459; tell/ask to 219
stem1 / stem2
throughout notes, but noteworthy: 30, 61, 221, 296, 356, 359, 401, 429
têe (nìi)
57, 63, 78, 95, 231, 233, 246, 264 (‘both’), 131 (alone in rel clause)
temporals
ní sím ín ‘every day’ 86, zàahníi ‘yesterday’ 91, 251, à kít !thíeng lèq ‘next time’, túu
tàq ín ‘now’ 251, 288, today/this year, week/yesterday, tomorrrow 319, in three
days/for three days 360, daily 379, until 403
tense / aspect / mood
44-45, 213, 226,240, 257, 459; future/irrealis 92, 105, 115, 132, 162, 226, 227, 232, 320,
321, 352, 467, 481; imperative 103, 162, 413; habitual 145, 319; be about to 204, 321; hì
yáa ? ‘would’ (in consequent) 222-3, 224, 225; no longer 223; conjugation of le + person
224, 226, 228; let us etc. 225, 226 (cf. 115, 117, 226, 227, 232), tàa + êe 204, 223, 228, 231,
318, 321, 3222, 324, 351; hi variations 274, 298; láay ‘used to’ 321, 361-2, zi ‘used to,
sometimes’ 362, tee ‘must’ 446, 459
tone spreading
L-H-L  L-M-H! 33, 112, 148, optional spreading)132, 213; failure of LTS 270, other
136,
tone, allomorphy
hlon 34, ding 35, 42
tone, downdrift
256
tone, floating
genitive H 3-4, 62, 42, 63, 74, 75, 84-85, 415-7; subject H 79, 184, 296, 450, 458, 486-7
tone, genitive
84-85, 415-7, 424, 431, 442
tone, L  H Ø subj pro 79, 184, 296, 450, 458, 486-7;
tone, lex. variation
nèe ~ née 110, 163, 337, nùmèy  nùméy 158, 159, 205, 206, 273, 290, 432, 486
3
topic / focus
tsâa
vowel shortening
with
word order
word order, NP
165, 352, 353, 358, 360; start with most important thing you want to talk about
325, tsàa in compounds 355
74, 92, 108, 167, 213, 244, 251, 255, 422-3, stem2 415, 437, no shortening 152, 271
tòq 110, 156 (khôom), 267, pìi ‘together with’ 156, 204, 205
noun phrase 56-59, 84, 252, 307, 415, hlòn/ùu 326, conjoined NPs 361, summaries 263,
415; verb extensions 305; NPs in the clause 165, 328-9, 330; in relative clauses 247
56-59, 84, 252, 307, 415, hlòn/ùu 326, conjoined NPs 361, summaries 263, 415