Essay in Aid of a Grammmar and Dictionary of the Luchuan Language

adjective Aggregated already Apocopated apparently Archaic Attributive become called cause chā child Chin Chinese Class Colloq common compounds Conclusive conf Conjugation corresponding difference Ditto dropped earlier employed ending English equivalent equivalent to Jap examples exists express final Future Gerund give given gozaimasu grammatical hand Handbook hence honorific identical idiom Imperative Imperfect Indicative inflection instance Interrogative island Isolated Japanese kara kind kutu language latter less Luch Luchu Luchuan mashi means moods native nature Negative ngkai noticed numerous original particle Past Perfect perhaps person phrases Plain polite Positive possesses postposition preceding Pres Present probably pronounced properly remains replaced represented respectively seems sense short shows shung signifies sometimes sound speech stand stem suffix syllable tense term termination thing verb Verbal Noun vowel wanting word written