Meanings
- not comparableRomani linguisticsHaving an inflection and stress pattern characteristic of pre-European vocabulary.
In the oikoclitic compartment, there are two distinct classes of vocalic and zero adjectives.
2017, Michael Beníšek, Eastern Uzh varieties of North Central Romani, Charles University, page 72 more examples
In the oblique, the vowel of the oikoclitic singular masculine marker has been assimilated to the vowel of the Greek-derived nominative markers.
2006, Viktor Elšík, Yaron Matras, “Early Romani”, in Markedness and Language Change: The Romani Sample (Empirical Approaches to Language Typology; 32), Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 72Although there are some similarities between oikoclitic and xenoclitic classes - perhaps most noticeably the constant plural oblique -en (though with a variant -jen restricted to the oikoclitic classes), an inflection that is clearly indigenous - there are also striking differences.
2008, Bernard Comrie, “Inflectional morphology and language contact, with special reference to mixed languages”, in Monika Rothweiler, Juliane House, Peter Siemund, editors, Language Contact and Contact Languages (Hamburg Studies on Multilingualism), John Benjamins, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 20Antonyms: xenoclitic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving an inflection and stress pattern characteristic of pre-European vocabulary.
Origin
From Ancient Greek οἶκος (oîkos) + clitic.
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