iape¹ his, her, its: form of the general possessive classifier [...]

Part of Speech	possessive
Phonetic Form	jape
Tanema Equivalent	na, ena, ake nini
Lovono Equivalent	ia

• • his, her, its: form of the general possessive classifier (enone*), with a 3 singular possessor (see ini)
  • • Gram

  • • Example 409:
      

      Biouro iape nga ne!

      [lit. Its length was like this] It was this long!

    • Example 854:
      

      Awa ene i-viaene imaluo iape.

      I like her character.

    • Example 855:
      

      Mwaliko iape i-romo emel' iape i-wene teve iawo.

      The man saw his wife lying by the fire.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003353#S14

    • Example 856:
      

      Ngele nga i-le i-toe kuo iape ne ngogoro.

      Anyone can go cut his canoe in the bush.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003350#S5

Related entries

• Is Part of:
  • dapa iape his/her family
• See also:
  • enone ‘my’: 1sg form of possessive classifier for General, default possession / classifier for various possessions / classifier for kinship relations when the noun is not inherently a kin term (opp. one, classifier for kin terms) / classifier for some more abstract relations
  • ini he/she, him/her, it: 3 singular personal pronoun / he/she/it: stressed pronoun, co-occurring with subject prefix i- / he/she/it: subject of non-verbal predicates / him/her/it: object of verb or preposition / his/her/its: possessive after directly possessed noun (e.g. body parts) / (it is) him/her/it