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Abbreviations
The following are the abbreviations commonly used in this Dictionary. For the most part they conform to the standard usage of such terms by epigraphers and linguists. We list them alphabetically under the sections of the Dictionary where they most commonly appear. For abbreviations of site names, see Site Names and Three-letter Codes.
| Glyph Drawings |
| Alt. |
Altar |
| Frag. |
Fragment |
| HS. |
Hieroglyphic Stairway |
| Hse. |
House |
| L. |
Lintel |
| Mon. |
Monument |
| Pal. |
Palace |
| Pan. |
Panel |
| St. |
Stela |
| Str. |
Structure |
| T. |
Temple |
| Tab. |
Tablet |
| Zoom. |
Zoomorph |
| Meaning |
| ad. |
derivational affix |
| adj. |
adjective |
| adv. |
adverb / adverbial |
| ap. |
antipassive |
| cop. |
copulas |
| dem. |
demonstrative |
| inf. |
infix |
| mp. |
mediopassive |
| n. |
noun |
| nc. |
compound noun |
| ncl. |
numeral classifier |
| ncom. |
complex noun |
| nd. |
derived noun |
| num. |
numeral |
| pa. |
passive |
| part. |
particle |
| pra. |
absolutive pronoun |
| pre. |
ergative pronoun |
| pref. |
prefix |
| prep. |
preposition |
| pr. |
pronoun |
| suf. |
suffix |
| syl. |
syllable |
| top. |
toponym |
| v. |
verb |
| vi. |
intransitive verb |
| vid. |
derived intransitive verb |
| vinc. |
inchoative verb |
| vp. |
positional verb |
| vt. |
transitive verb |
| vtd. |
derived transitive verb |
| Thompson Number |
| nn |
No Number |
| Morphological Analysis |
| Ø |
zero morpheme |
| – |
morpheme boundary |
| 1 |
first person |
| 2 |
second person |
| 3 |
third person |
| 1S |
first person singular |
| 2P |
second person plural |
| 3SA |
third person singular absolutive |
| 3SE |
third person singular ergative |
| A |
absolutive |
| ADJ |
adjective |
| ADV |
adverb |
| AG |
agentive prefix (classifier) |
| APAS |
antipassive voice |
| DEM |
demonstrative pronoun |
| E |
ergative |
| F.AG |
female agentive prefix (classifier) |
| INC |
inchoative voice |
| INS |
instrumental suffix |
| IV |
intransitive verb |
| IVD |
intransitive verb, derived |
| LOC |
locative suffix |
| M.AG |
male agentive prefix (classifier) |
| N |
noun |
| NC |
numerical classifier |
| NUM |
numeral |
| P |
plural |
| PAS |
passive voice |
| PV |
postional verb |
| REL |
relational suffix |
| S |
singular |
| SUF |
suffix (for unidentified suffixes) |
| THM |
thematic suffix |
| TV |
transitive verb |
| Other Abbreviations and symbols used in the Dictionary |
| * reconstructed word or morpheme (in historical linguistics) |
| * incorrect word, clause, sentence, etc. (general) |
| C (any) consonant |
| V (any) vowel |
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