import { TonalPhrase } from '../unchange/unit';
import { TonalCombiningMetaplasm } from '../metaplasm';
/** Creates a lexeme given a `TonalCombiningMetaplasm`. If metaplasm is not provided, `TonalZeroCombining` is defaulted. Excessive tokens are ignored. */
export declare function createTonalInflectionLexeme(str: string, metaplasm?: TonalCombiningMetaplasm): import("./lexeme").TonalInflectionLexeme;
/** Creates a phrase given a sequence of arbitrary words regardless of syntax. Tokens are analyzed one by one. */
export declare function createTonalPhrase(str: string): TonalPhrase;
/**
 * Creates a compound in which the preceding word will be inflected and the following word will not.
 * @param preceding A word that will be inflected.
 * @param following A word that will not be inflected.
 */
export declare function createCompoundPhraseme(preceding: string, following: string): import("./phraseme").TonalCompoundPhraseme;