Metavocabulary
| English | Toaq | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Sentence | kuna | Mua bekùna ní kuna ka. |
| Word | toa | jadı |
| Verb form | jena | hıo or po súq or leo jıaı |
| Verb | faqtoa | hıo or po súq |
| Serial verb | faqtoachue | leo jıaı |
| Verb phrase, VP | faqtoame | hıo … nháo (verb + object) |
| Atomic verb | jeotoa | hıo |
| Verb frame | jeotoarıoq | (c c) |
| Analytic verb | baıfaqtoa | po súq |
| Complementizer | ꝡatoa | |
| Complementizer phrase, CP | ꝡatoame | |
| Tense word | tuomtoa | |
| Tense phrase, TP | tuomtoame | |
| Aspect word | tamtoa | |
| Aspect phrase, AspP | tamtoame | |
| Polarity word | matoa | |
| Polarity phrase, ΣP | matoame | |
| Light verb, v | fıtoa | |
| Light verb phrase, vP | fıtoame | |
| Determiner, D | satoa | |
| Determiner phrase, DP | satoame | |
| Adverb | chatoa | jîm |
| chajena | jîm or jâq jım | |
| Adverbial | chatoame | jîm or jâq jım or râo níchaq |
| Preposition | shaqtoa | râo |
| shaqjena | râo or lêo jıaı | |
| Prepositional phrase | shaqtoame | râo níchaq or lêo jıaı kánı |
| Adjunct head | eaqtoa |  or êaq
|
| Noun form | aqmı | jí or ké kato or ꝡä nhame hó |
| Pronoun | rurıtoa | jí or máq or hụ́ꝡa |
| Anaphoric pronoun | fıarurıtoa | |
| Cataphoric pronoun | sıerurıtoa | |
| Exophoric pronoun | buırurıtoa | |
| Proposition | sıaja | that it rains |
| Property | shıja | to speak Toaq |
| Relation | guja | to love |
| Scope | toacue(rıaq) | |
| Trace | zutıse | |
| Prefix | toafıa | bo- |
| Letter | toalaı | ⟨s⟩ |
| Phoneme | choakuqtoaı | /s/ |
| Phone | choatoaı | [s] |
| Consonant | choaboq | |
| Vowel | choarıa | |
| Raku | raku | |
| Syllable | mıaıtoaı | |
| Rime | mıaırıoq |