Wiktionary:About Cupeño

This policy explains considerations for Cupeño entries that are not covered by WT:ELE and other general policies.

This is a preliminary version for the purpose of explaining the orthography used

Orthography
Modified slightly from that used in Mulu'wetam so it can be reproduced in Unicode

Stress
Stress is shown with an acute accent added to the vowel, instead of an underline- but only in the display forms. Entry names should never have an accent.

Comparison with other orthographies
* Not like English long vowels: exactly the same as the normal sound, but held longer.

Nouns
Nouns can be either possessed or non-possessed if possessed, it will normally have a pronoun prefix agreeing in person and number with the possessor, and may have a possessed-noun suffix. Non-possessed nouns will almost always have an absolutive suffix, which is always the same for a given word.

Some nouns, such as those for body parts or relatives, are always possessed, while others, such as the names of animals, are never (grammatically) possessed. Nouns with no possessed forms are preceded by an auxiliary noun which takes the prefix and suffix (if any) that would otherwise appear on the main noun.

Lemma forms

 * If there is a non-possessed form, it should be the lemma, and include the absolutive suffix.
 * Possessed-only lemmas should be spelled with a hyphen in front, and include any possessed-noun suffix.