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This page examines the grammatical function of the word "ku" in Runyankore-Rukiga.
 
This page examines the grammatical function of the word "ku" in Runyankore-Rukiga.
 
The data is the result of typecraft's phrase search done on March 18, 2011.
 
The data is the result of typecraft's phrase search done on March 18, 2011.

Revision as of 12:36, 7 April 2011

This page examines the grammatical function of the word "ku" in Runyankore-Rukiga. The data is the result of typecraft's phrase search done on March 18, 2011.


In Runyankore-Rukiga,the word KU appears in both initial and medial positions of a sentence.

KU- Initial position [[1]]

KU- Medial position [[2]]


KU as a word in Runyankore-Rukiga can work as:

1. A conjunction [[3]]

2. A complementizer [[4]]

3. An adverb [[5]]


The word KU can have at least three meanings, thaey are:

WHEN [[6]]

THAT [[7]]

IF [[8]]

Lack of meaning [[9]]



The tables that follow show the occurrences found in the 55 annotated phrases of Runyankore-Rukiga:

MEANING NUMBER OF TOKENS
When 36
That 06
If 01
Lack 12


"Ku mening WHEN"

POS tag NUMBER OF TOKENS
CONJ 30
COMP 03
REL 01
Lack 03

"KU meaning THAT"

POS tag NUMBER OF TOKENS
CONJ 04
COMP 01
ADV 01


"KU meaning IF"

POS tag NUMBER OF TOKENS
COMP 01


"KU lacking meaning"

POS tag NUMBER OF TOKENS
CONJ 04
ADV 01
Also lacking meaning 07