da1 3rd person dual independent pronoun, referring to a pair of [...]

Part of Speech pers. pronoun
Phonetic Form ⁿda
Tanema Equivalent dea
Lovono Equivalent dea
    • 3rd person dual independent pronoun, referring to a pair of people already mentioned in discourse
      • Gram
    • they
      • Syntactic Restriction subject
      • Example 496:
        Da tieli.
        They are siblings.
        Example Comment
        subject
      • Example 497:
        In’ ne me in’ re, da menuko.
        This man here, and that one there, they are friends.
      • Example 498:
        Da ñoko lai-te ne kulumoe.
        Only they two were living in the village.
    • them: anaphoric third dual pronoun, referring to a pair of people already mentioned in discourse
      • Syntactic Restriction object
      • Example 499:
        Teliki iadapa li-wokobe da.
        The chiefs welcomed them.
        Example Comment
        object
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S42
      • Example 500:
        Kape la-kila da.
        They’re going to marry [each other].
        Example Comment
        reflexive
    • their: 3rd dual possessor of inalienable nouns
      • Syntactic Restriction possessor
      • Example 501:
        La-katei kiñe vabasa da.
        They’re pulling each other’s hair.
        Example Comment
        possessor of dependent noun

Related entries

  • Heterosemes:
    • da2 dyad: construction referring to a couple of kin-related individuals
    • da3 (X) and (Y): serves as a coordinator between two human individuals
  • See also:
    • da-tilu1 dual proclitic, combined with the same irregular plural nouns as da=
    • la- dual subject prefix, realis or irrealis, for “Collocutive”: 1st inclusive and 3rd person / you and I: 1st inclusive dual subject / they two: 3rd dual subject