=árata like, similar to, in a manner reminiscent of

Part of Speech postposition
Root árata
Variant Form(s) irregular 3rd person possessed form: waarata
    • like, similar to, in a manner reminiscent of
      • Sociolinguistics Note All speakers recognize, and some occasionally use, the compositionally transparent form <nu=árata> instead of the irregular suppletive 3rd person form <waarata>; the latter is presumably the older form, with the former arising as an analogy with the compositional forms found for other persons
      • Example 159:
        Iiti ki=mɨ́jɨɨtaa kina=árata, náaji jɨɨ́ta kina=iíkii k=isákuji.
        I live well here, like you, as you live upriver of me.
      • Example 160:
        Anuu taárikɨ=na, iina mɨɨsaji takínuurikɨɨka, naa=yaa=na naajaá waarata kusiaamɨ, Saákisa=árata.
        She was, that little woman, likewise also tough just like Saákisa.
      • Example 161:
        Atii=ná=yaa ajapaka juríini=árata nikisáana nu=imaárɨɨkiaakɨ=ná iipɨ kaayaaka.
        Right then the wasp-like demons overwhelmed the people.

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    • waarata similar to (third person singular comparandum)