ñoko restrictive particle: only, exclusively / only him/her/them; [...]

1. • restrictive particle: only, exclusively
   • • Gram

   • • Example 1911:
       

       Daviñevi tae, dapenuo ñoko.

       Women can't; only men.

     • Example 1912:
       

       Tamwaliko pe i-vio ne kulumoe iono ñoko.

       It would be a shame if (this plant) only grew in your village.

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003353#S30

     • Example 1913:
       

       Pon vilo pe li-e ñoko, ne temotu pon.

       There were only edible plants on this islet.

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S49

2. • only him/her/them; hence alone

   Syntactic Restriction	following a personal pronoun
   Typical Subject	person

   • • Example 498:
       

       Da ñoko lai-te ne kulumoe.

       Only they two were living in the village.

     • Example 1914:
       

       Kape i-vo moe iape ini ñoko i-te ñei.

       [His father] will build him a house for him to live alone.

     • Example 1915:
       

       Ponu kulumoe iadapa ñoko, temotu pon.

       [lit. (it was) the land of them only] They were the only inhabitants on that land, that islet.

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S30