damala white, Westerner / Westerners, whitemen

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	ⁿdamala
Tanema Equivalent	petonga
Lovono Equivalent	pemala
Morphology	da= + *mala ‘white’ (?)

1. • white, Westerner

   Lexical Function Gloss	white
   Typical Subject	person

   • • Example 525:
       

       Viabasa emele damala ponu pwelele.

       That white woman has soft hair.

2. • Westerners, whitemen

   Syntactic Restriction

   collective use, even with no plural marker

   • • Example 526:
       

       Ka basavono ponu, mamote damala tae.

       In those times, there were no Westerners yet (in this area).

     • Example 527:
       

       Li-romo ñe duduko we damala pe Franis.

       They watched with the looking glass of the French whitemen.

Related entries

• Is Part of:
  • ie damala typical of the Western world, modern (opp. iakapa, traditional)
• See also:
  • koro white / person of white skin, European
  • beve white, bright (opp. bworo ‘dark’)