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Data Category: echo word
Key4210
PIDhttp://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-4210
Typesimple
OwnerZeman, Dan
Scopepublic
1. Administration Information Section
1.1 Administration Record
Identifier
echo
Version
1:0
Registration Status
private
Administration Status
private
Justification
Needed in corpora of natural languages.
Origin
Hyderabad Dependency Treebank
1.1.1 Creation
Creation Date
2011-12-11
Change Description
Created.
1.1.2 Last Change
Last Change Date
2011-12-11
Change Description
Morphosyntax.
2. Description Section
Profile
Morphosyntax
Profile
Private
2.1 Data Element Name Section
Data Element Name
ECH
Source
Hyderabad Dependency Treebank
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2.2 English Language Section
LanguageEnglish (en)
2.2.1 Name Section
Name
echo word
Name Status
preferred name
2.2.2 Definition Section
Definition
The word rhymes with a previous word but it is not identical to it and typically id does not have any meaning of its own. In Hindi it generalizes the meaning of the previous word and eventually translates as "or something", "etc." etc.
Source
Rupert Snell and Simon Weightman: Teach Yourself Hindi, Section 16.4 and 16.5, pages 210 – 211.
2.2.3 Example Section
Example
hi: "चाय वाय" = "čāya vāya" = "tea or something" (as in "Have some tea or something."
Source
Rupert Snell and Simon Weightman: Teach Yourself Hindi, Section 16.4 and 16.5, pages 210 – 211.