Abbreviations

adj .                      adjective

adv.                      adverb

ag.                     agentive form (deverbal)

Ak.                        Akan

Ar.                        Arabic

arith.                    arithmetic

aux.                      auxiliary

compl.                 completive

condit.                 conditional

conj.                     conjunction

cop.                      copula

def.                      definite

dem.                    demonstrative

det.                      determiner

DO                        direct object

egr.                      egressive

emph.                  emphatic

Eng.                      English

esp.                      especially

euph.                   euphemism

excl.                     exclamation

fig.                        figurative usage

foc.                      focus

Fr.                         French

fut.                       future

ger.                      gerundive

hab.                      habitual aspect

Hau.                     Hausa

imp.                      imperative mood

imperf.                imperfective aspect

incl.                      including

indef.                   indefinite

ingr.                     ingressive

intens.                 intensifier

interj.                   interjection

irreg.                    irregular form

iter.                      iterative, pluractional

Lat.                       Latin

lit.                         literally

loc.                       locative

n.                         noun

neg.                      negative

neg.imp.              negative imperative

nom.                    nominal

num.                    numeral

obj.                       object

obsc.                    obscene

obsolesc.            obsolescent

past                      past tense

prt.                       particle

pejor.                   pejorative

pers.                     person

pl.                        plural

poss.                    possessive

postpos.              postposition

prdm.                   paradigm

pref.                     prefix

prep.                    preposition

prob.                    probably

prog.                    progressive

pron.                    pronoun

propn.                  proper noun

prov.                    proverb, proverbial

quant.                  quantifier

que.                      question

rel.                        relative, relativizer

sg.                       singular

sp.                        species

sth.                       something

subj.                     subject

suff.                     suffix

syn.                      synonym

ult.                        ultimately derived from

usu.                      usually

v.                         verb

var.                       variant of

vol.                       volume