ñei anaphoric counterpart of the Instrumental–Oblique preposition [...]

Part of Speech	adverb
Phonetic Form	ɲei
Variant Form(s)	ñi
Tanema Equivalent	wo
Lovono Equivalent	iei, aka
Morphology	ñe

1. • anaphoric counterpart of the Instrumental–Oblique preposition ñe
   • • Gram
2. • Instrumental anaphoric: ‘with it’, ‘using it’

   • • Example 1592:
       

       Buro pe li-mede idi ñei.

       It's a song for leading (the dancers).

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S157

     • Example 1903:
       

       Wa bale we Ginio, pi-pinoe ñei.

       [lit. ankle rattles, we dance with them] We wear ankle rattles when dancing.

     • Example 1904:
       

       U-la uro u-si tetawene ñei.

       You can use charcoal powder for tattooing.

3. • ‘to it’, ‘of it’, ‘at it’: Oblique anaphoric, with some verbs governing an oblique complement

   • • Example 413:
       

       Ni-bisi tamwalikose ñei!

       I'm very surprised by this.

     • Example 1905:
       

       Ngatene pon etapu tamwase pe li-vet' pien' ñi.

       This topic is very delicate to talk about.

     • Example 1906:
       

       Ni-punuo ñi tae.

       I didn't steal it.

Related entries

• Subentry:
  • ñi anaphoric oblique: ‘with it’, ‘at it’, ‘of it’