dapa¹ anaphoric third plural pronoun, referring to a group of people [...]

Part of Speech	pers. pronoun
Phonetic Form	ⁿdapa
Variant Form(s)	dap’
Tanema Equivalent	dato
Lovono Equivalent	detu
Morphology	Cf. da ‘3 dual’ + -pa

1. • anaphoric third plural pronoun, referring to a group of people already mentioned in discourse
   • • Gram

   Syntactic Restriction

   subject, object or possessor

   • • Example 535:
       

       Dapa li-madau.

       They were scared.

       Example Comment

       subject

     • Example 536:
       

       Ni-ovei dapa.

       I know them.

       Example Comment

       object

     • Example 537:
       

       Li-pei dapa.

       They were rejoicing [themselves].

       Example Comment

       reflexive

     • Example 538:
       

       kie dapa

       their graves

       Example Comment

       possessor of dependent noun

     • Example 539:
       

       enga dapa

       their names

2. • generic plural pronoun: people, generic ‘they’

   Sense Comment	rare
   Encyclopedic Info	Sem.: In this meaning, dapa is less common than idi, the impersonal 3pl pronoun, which is always non-anaphoric (‘people’).
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	idi

   • • Example 540:
       

       dapa ne kulumoe

       people in the village (villagers)

3. • people! guys!

   Syntactic Restriction

   appellative

   • • Example 541:
       

       Ei! Dapa! Na toñaki ae na?

       Hey, people! What sort of ship is that?

     • Example 542:
       

       Ebel' ini me, dapa!

       This is excellent, guys!

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • dapa² plural marker for human nouns / in the absence of a noun head, dapa serves as head in a plural NP with human reference: ‘people’, ‘those (who+)’ / ‹s.o.›’s people: relatives, family; community