da-tilu¹ dual proclitic, combined with the same irregular plural nouns as [...]

Part of Speech	quantifier
Phonetic Form	ⁿdatilu
Variant Form(s)	datilu
Tanema Equivalent	lalu
Morphology	da= + tilu

• • dual proclitic, combined with the same irregular plural nouns as da=

  • • Example 567:
      

      da-tilu penuo mwatagete

      two young men

    • Example 570:
      

      da-tilu viñevi mwatebe

      two virgin women

    • Example 571:
      

      Na nga da-tilu meliko.

      These look like two children.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • da-tilu² they two, both of them. Heavier form of 3 dual pronoun da / two people; a couple (married or not), a dyad / you two; guys!
• See also:
  • tilu two
  • da¹ 3rd person dual independent pronoun, referring to a pair of people already mentioned in discourse / they / them: anaphoric third dual pronoun, referring to a pair of people already mentioned in discourse / their: 3rd dual possessor of inalienable nouns