Part of Speech | noun |
Phonetic Form | aɲa |
Tanema Equivalent | aña, vagiñi |
Lovono Equivalent | aña, añe |
Example 168:
Li-ejau aña none mijaka.We cook a little (bit of) food.
Example 193:
aña mana luroa bit of rice
Example 194:
Aña wako tadoe![Taste is terribly good] This is absolutely delicious!
Example 195:
None ne aña tamwaleko.[this food, taste is bad] This food doesn't taste good.
Example 196:
aña ruene pe li-kothe noise of a door being slammed
Example 197:
Aña kuo.This is the noise of a canoe.
Example 198:
Li-viane tepapa me aña ini.They jump on the (dancing) boards for the sound it makes.
Syntactic Restriction | only in negative sentence |
Sense Comment | fig |
Example 199:
Aña ene tae![lit. I have no energy] I'm tired!
Example 200:
Nga aña ene tae, ni-le ni-wene, awoiu ni-lengi wako.Whenever I feel tired, I take a nap, then I feel better.