Abbreviations Chart

 

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. negation
neg. imp. negative imperative
nom. nominal
num. numeral
obj. object
obsc. obscene
obsolesc. obsolescent
past. past tense
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
prt. particle
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