dapenuo men: irregular plural of mwalikote ‘man, male’

Part of Speech noun
Phonetic Form ⁿdapenuo
Variant Form(s) da penuo
Morphology da= + penuo
    • men: irregular plural of mwalikote ‘man, male’
    • Encyclopedic Info Morph.: Originally da penuo with plural da= clitic; the dual form is da-tilu penuo ‘the two men’.
      • Example 567:
        da-tilu penuo mwatagete
        two young men
      • Example 568:
        Ruene iote ie da penuo, ka iote ie da viñevi.
        One door is for men, another one for women.
      • Example 569:
        Dapenuo li-go dapa ñe tolosai; da viñevi li-ativi dapa ñe tekume.
        The men girt themselves in loincloths, the women in skirts.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S21

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  • See also:
    • dapa wopine adult men, elderly men / ‘great men’: men of high rank, initiated men; hence chief / ancestors
    • mwaliko2 a person / man / husband
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