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Wersing dictionary: Example 403

Word senses:

  • idem olik   young and old, all the family
  • -le   suffix that appears on "all" pronouns; seems to be used to imply that every single member of the set of "all" is being referred to.
  • tawi   the complete group of us; 1st person plural inclusive group pronoun
  • tènaing   we, us all; 1st person plural inclusive all pronoun
Idem olik tènaingle tawi.
All the family, young and old, were present in their entirety.

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Wersing dictionary by Antoinette Schapper

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