ña² lest, so that not

Part of Speech	subordinator
Phonetic Form	ɲa

• • lest, so that not
  • • Gram

  Syntactic Restriction

  used as subordinator

  • • Example 1898:
      

      Mata ini i-ke me i-romo kape i-mako vele, ña i-tabau.

      [The dancer] looks through them so he can see where he's dancing, to avoid tripping up.

      Example Comment

      holes on dancing mask

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S178

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ña¹ Apprehensional modality: (s.th. negative) might (happen) / polite Prohibitive: (you) shouldn't, you'd better not
• Main Entry:
  • nara¹ Apprehensional modality: (s.th. negative) might (happen); hence make sure P doesn't happen