da2 dyad: construction referring to a couple of kin-related individuals

Part of Speech quantifier
Phonetic Form ⁿda
Tanema Equivalent dea
Lovono Equivalent dea
    • dyad: construction referring to a couple of kin-related individuals
      • Gram
    • Syntactic Restriction foll. by possessed kin term
      • Example 502:
        da til’ iape
        [lit. both his brother] two brothers
      • Example 503:
        d’ ai’ iape
        [lit. both his father] a father–child pair
      • Example 504:
        da gi’ iape
        [lit. both his uncle] an uncle–nephew pair
      • Example 505:
        da pi’ iape
        [lit. both his grandfather] the grandfather and his grandson
      • Example 506:
        da uk’ iape
        [lit. both his in-law] two in-laws

Related entries

  • Heterosemes:
    • 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
    • da3 (X) and (Y): serves as a coordinator between two human individuals