idi1 ‘people’, ‘one’, ‘they’: 3rd plural impersonal pronoun for human [...]

Part of Speech pers. pronoun
Phonetic Form iⁿdi
Tanema Equivalent deli, deili
Lovono Equivalent nili
    • ‘people’, ‘one’, ‘they’: 3rd plural impersonal pronoun for human referents
    • (Part of) Synonym (for)
      • Example 861:
        Program kula idi li-la moli.
        Some software programs are free [lit. people give them unconstrained].
        Example Comment
        subject
      • Example 862:
        Tamate li-romo wako, ia idi li-madau.
        The dancing masks were beautiful, but scary. [lit. but one feared them]
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S162
      • Example 863:
        U-labu idi motoro!
        Be respectful to people!
        Example Comment
        object
      • Example 864:
        Tongolukilo ponu wako peini basa idi i-meli.
        This medicinal plant is useful against headaches.
        Example Comment
        possessor of inalienable noun
      • Example 865:
        Ka telepakau pe na, lek’ iaidi, idi pe li-romo idi tae. Kape le-wamu idi ñe idi.
        In our culture, cousins must not look at each other. They must hide from each other.
        Example Comment
        reciprocal construction
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S51
    • humans, as opp. to spirits or animals
    • Syntactic Restriction lexical meaning
      Sense Comment esp
      (Part of) Synonym (for)
      • Example 487:
        Dapa tadoe li-ejau idi li-madau, tamwase ne bwogo.
        Ghosts scare people, particularly at night.
        Example Comment
        generic
      • Example 591:
        Puro, li-ejau ñe die idi.
        War arrows are made using human bones.
      • Example 866:
        Dapa Niteni li-ovei pe li-e idi.
        People from Nendö are cannibals. [they can eat people]
      • Example 867:
        Teliki Makumoso, ai’ akapa, i-waivo idi ñe telepakau, ñe piene, i-waivo idi ñe ngatene pe li-ajau…
        Our Elderly Lord, our father, he's the one who taught us (humans) our culture, our language, everything we do…

Related entries

  • Heterosemes:
    • idi2 generic plural marker for human referents
  • See also:
    • idi1 ‘people’, ‘one’, ‘they’: 3rd plural impersonal pronoun for human referents / humans, as opp. to spirits or animals
    • li- realis subject prefix for “Collocutive” plural: 1st inclusive and 3rd and generic person / 1st inclusive plural subject (see kiapa): you and us / 3rd plural subject (see dapa): they / generic plural subject (see idi): ‘people’, ‘one’, generic ‘you’. Sometimes translated with a passive voice in English
    • le- irrealis subject prefix for “Collocutive” plural: 1st inclusive and 3rd and generic person / 1st inclusive plural subject (see kiapa): you and us / 3rd plural subject (see dapa): they / generic plural subject (see idi): ‘people’, ‘one’, generic ‘you’. Sometimes translated with a passive voice in English
    • iaidi people's: form of the general possessive classifier (enone*), with an impersonal possessor (idi ‘people, one’) / of the people who
    • aidi1 form of the possessive classifier used for food, tools, customary possessions etc. (enaka*), with an impersonal possessor (idi ‘people’)
    • aidi2 form of the possessive classifier used for kin terms (one*), with an impersonal possessor (idi ‘people’)