apilaka small in size, little / small in age, young

Part of Speech	adjective
Phonetic Form	apilaka ; aplaɣa
Variant Form(s)	aplaka
Tanema Equivalent	piñe, piñu(kako)
Lovono Equivalent	apalioko
Morphology	Cf. apali ‘child’

1. • small in size, little

   Encyclopedic Info	Only with singular nouns. Plural form is suppletive wamtaka.
   (Part of) Antonym (for)	pine

   • • Example 220:
       

       okoro aplaka

       a small knife

     • Example 221:
       

       toñaki apilaka

       a small boat

     • Example 222:
       

       monone aplaka

       a small box

     • Example 223:
       

       basakulumoe iote aplaka

       a little island

     • Example 224:
       

       Oie ini aplaka.

       [her size is small] She is slim.

2. • small in age, young

   • • Example 225:
       

       men' iaba aplaka

       our small baby

     • Example 226:
       

       emele aplaka

       [lit. a small woman] a young girl

     • Example 227:
       

       Mwasu iote apilaka

       the younger Mwasu

Related entries

• See also:
  • amjaka¹ in small quantity; few / short, small: k.o. diminutive