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Lect:
Embera Saija; Epera Pedée
latitude,longitude:
3,-77.7
Patterns [ 4 ] Attributes Syllables [ 3 ] Sources [ 1 ] Words [ 10 ]
Stress Type Pattern Description Notes View
Pattern Name Word Size Pattern Kind
primary
STCSPC
U/P;U
 ≥1 syllable dominant
secondary Null (v16) ≥1 syllable dominant
in_toto In progress ≥1 syllable dominant
exceptional Exceptional (Embera Saija) ≥1 syllable exceptional

No attributes associated with this lect.

Syllable Parameters [ 2 ] Syllabic Template [ 1 ] Weight
br_onsets: yes
long_v: yes
syllable_template: C(C)V(V)(V)

No syllabic weight information for this lect.

1994 Harms, P.L. (1994). Epena Pedee Syntax. Studies in the Languages of Colombia 4. SIL and U. Texas at Arlington.
19-21,24,26: In nouns stress is penultimate unless the final syllable contains a long vowel or diphthong. In adjectives stress is also on the penultimate vowel. In past or future tensed verbs stress is on the final syllable, which is usually a tense or number suffix. Mood suffixes cause stress to be on the penult. Imperatives have penultimate stress. Present tensed verbs have final stress. Verbs that occur with auxiliaries have final stress. Present tense habituals have stress on the habitual morpheme. Adverbs have penultimate stress which may move to the final syllable if emphasis is added. (Harms 1994:19-21,24,26)
ˈwarra son
ãiˈsurra monkey
wãˈhi go.pst
kʰoˈpata eat.hab.pl
miˈkʰia rancid
warˈraa flavorful
paˈnia water
kʰoˈraa basket
ˈtaama snake
teeˈsoo long