thaní2 thus named, called

Part of Speech conj
Restrictions Invariably utterance- or proposition-final
    • thus named, called
      • Example 218:
        paṇáaru táapaṛ thaní awaagír qariibán dúu thiáaḍa miilá táapaṛ hínu.
        paṇár
        white
        -u
        -MSG
        táapaṛ
        hill
        thaní
        called
        awaagír
        up.high
        qariibán
        approximately
        du
        two
        thiáḍ
        and.half
        -a
        -pl
        miíl
        mile
        -a
        -pl
        táapaṛ
        hill
        hin
        be.prs
        -u
        -MSG
        There is a hill, about two and a half miles up, called paṇáaru táapaṛ [white hill].
        Source:
        A:HUA117
      • Example 488:
        fazalčhaá thaní míiš de, búuḍu míiš.
        fazalčhaá
        <person>
        thaní
        called
        méeš
        man
        de
        pst
        búuḍ
        old
        -u
        -MSG
        méeš
        man
        There was a man called Fazal Shah, an old man.
        Source:
        A:PAS048
      • Example 1223:
        ɣolaamseéd malák thaní lanaám maǰí ghaḍeeró de.
        ɣolaamseéd
        <person>
        malák
        leader
        thaní
        called
        lanaám
        3pl.dist.acc
        maǰí
        among
        ghaḍeeró
        older.one
        de
        pst
        There was an elder among them whose name was Ghulam Sayd.
        Source:
        A:GHU003

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