Part of Speech | disc |
Vernacular Form | خوۡ |
Phonetic Form | xu |
Origin | Pashto: xo |
Usage | In many cases a marker of evidentiality |
Example 139:
Source: A:MAB083anú báabu na, xálaka xu andáa manáana.anú3MSG.prox.nombáabufathernanegxálakpeople-a-plxuADVSandáalike.thatmanésay-án-prs-a-MPLHe is not my father, although that is what people say.
Example 1588:
Source: A:HUA061ni xu uxíi rhaíi híni.ni3pl.prox.nomxuADVSuxcamel-ii-genrhaíifootprintshinbe.prs-i-fThese must be the footprints of a camel.
Example 1850:
Source: A:NH12:1:020badaníi parhaár ta lap saáz bhéeni, xu híṛii parhaár ba lap saáz na bhéeni.badánbody-ii-genparhaárwoundtaDSlapsoonsaázwholebhebecome-án-prs-i-fxuADVShíṛuheart-ii-genparhaárwoundbatoplapsoonsaázwholenanegbhebecome-án-prs-i-fThe wound of the body heals quickly, but the wound of the heart doesn't heal quickly.