ae what? / hesitation marker used when looking for one's words, [...]

Part of Speech interrogative
Phonetic Form ae
Tanema Equivalent sive
Lovono Equivalent ese
    • what?
      • Encyclopedic Info Sometimes longer form nganae*, from ngaten' ae.
      • Example 80:
        A-vete a-ko ae?
        What did you say?
      • Example 81:
        Na, piene adapa Teanu a-ko ae?
        How is this called in Teanu? [lit. this, in Teanu language, you say what?]
      • Example 82:
        Na toñaki ae na?
        What sort of ship is this?
    • hesitation marker used when looking for one's words, esp. before a noun
      • Syntactic Restriction between pauses
      • Example 83:
        Enga ini iote li-ko, ae, Takole.
        It also had another name, (what is it?) Takole.

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