to’wang

see: lo-og

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to’wang
 

1️⃣ HEADWORD

to’wang

/ toʔwaŋ /

2️⃣ MORPHOLOGICAL STATUS

ROOT

3️⃣ LEXICAL CATEGORY

NOUN

4️⃣ CORE DEFINITION

An internal, discrete unit that functions as a structural or generative core.

5️⃣ EXTENDED DEFINITIONS (POLYSEMY)

1. Bone (non-fish)

Animal or human bone; excludes fish.

Example:

Agko to’wang alin sa ayam.

agko — there is

to’wang — bone

alin sa — from

ayam — dog

→ “There is a bone from the dog.”

2. Seed

Plant reproductive unit; source of growth.

Examples:

Yo to’wang nin tanem.

→ “The seed of the plant.”

Yo to’wang a pananem.

→ “The seed for planting.”

6️⃣ SEMANTIC TYPE

Concrete noun → conceptual extension

7️⃣ POLYSEMY JUSTIFICATION

The senses share a common conceptual core:

“An internal unit that carries structure or life potential.”

• Bone → structural core of a body
• Seed → generative core of a plant

✔ Same form

✔ Same grammatical category

✔ Same syntactic behavior

➡️ Maintained as one lemma (true polysemy, not homonymy)

8️⃣ SYNTAX NOTES

• Occurs as head noun in genitive constructions (nin tanem)
• Occurs in existential constructions (agko)
• Accepts linker a in functional specification (a pananem)

9️⃣ PRODUCTIVITY

Lexically stable; non-derivational root

1️⃣1️⃣ SOURCE NOTES

Attested in Boie’nen lexical data; consistent with semantic extension patterns observed in Philippine languages and documented materials such as Yamada (1972)  .