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kaNa (Particle)

An umbrella Class for any Word that does not fit into the other subclasses of Word. A Particle is generally a small term that serves a grammatical or logical function, e.g. 'and', 'of', 'since', etc. At some point, this class might be broken up into the subclasses 'Connective', 'Preposition', etc. Note that the class Particle includes both personal and possessive pronouns, e.g. 'she', 'hers', 'it', 'its', etc.

Ontology

SUMO / OBJECTS

Superclass(es)

[tree]
astitva
is subclass of
  bhOtika vaswu  
is subclass of
  object  
is subclass of
  aatmasambaddha vastu  
is subclass of
  tatva-vaahaka padaartha  
is subclass of
  bhaashaa-sambandhI abhivyakti  
is subclass of
  shabda  
is subclass of
  kaNa  

Coordinate term(s)

visheshana  kriyaavisheshana  sangyaa  kriyaa 

Related WordNet synsets

particle
a function word having different uses in different languages
particle is kind of (all)...   particle is kind of...  
See more related synsets on a separate page.

Axioms (1)

shabda is exhaustively partitioned into sangyaa,kriyaa,visheshana,kriyaavisheshana,kaNa. 
(partition Word Noun Verb Adjective Adverb Particle)