awa ~ko think, believe / want (that)

Part of Speech	construction
Phonetic Form	awa (i·)ko
Morphology	awa + ~ko

1. • think, believe

   Literally

   my neck/mind says

   • • Example 288:
       

       Awa ene i-ko “Kape wako.”

       I thought to myself: “It's going to be alright.”

2. • want (that)

   Syntactic Restriction	optionally foll. by me and/or kape
   Sense Comment	freq
   Encyclopedic Info	Synt.: The subject of ~ko is the person who wants, i.e. the possessor of awa. The subject awa is sometimes left implicit: the meaning ‘want’ is then expressed by ~ko alone.
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	~ko ~ko me ~ko kape ~ko me kape

   • • Example 289:
       

       Awa ene ni-ko kape le-l’ l-aneve Toplau.

       I want them to go clean up the men's house.

     • Example 290:
       

       Awa ene ne-ko me le-la awis pine iakapa le-lamini tili’ akapa Dr Alex.

       I would like us to extend our big thanks to our friend Dr Alex.

Related entries

• See also:
  • awa throat / the seat of feelings, the ‘heart’. Grammatical subject of certain predicates referring to feelings / the seat of will and desire / will, desire / ideas, thoughts
  • ~ko¹ say ‹s.th.›, declare. Introduces direct reported speech / call s.th. ‹so and so› / tell s.o. to do s.th.; order, suggest that / think, believe (that) / want to, be about to