idi² generic plural marker for human referents

Part of Speech	quantifier
Phonetic Form	iⁿdi
Tanema Equivalent	deli, deili
Lovono Equivalent	nili

• • generic plural marker for human referents
  • • Gram

  Syntactic Restriction	+ Noun or Modifier
  (Part of) Synonym (for)	dapa uña

  • • Example 868:
      

      idi bworo

      Black people

    • Example 869:
      

      idi abia ne kulumoe

      everyone in the village

    • Example 870:
      

      idi wopine

      great men, dignitaries

    • Example 871:
      

      I-ovei pe i-vete piene samame idi mwaliko.

      They were not exactly gods: they were able to communicate with humans.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S29

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • idi¹ ‘people’, ‘one’, ‘they’: 3rd plural impersonal pronoun for human referents / humans, as opp. to spirits or animals