la- dual subject prefix, realis or irrealis, for “Collocutive”: 1st [...]

Part of Speech	subject prefix
Phonetic Form	la
Variant Form(s)	lai-
Proto-Form	POc: *ra
Tanema Equivalent	la- / ja- / de-
Lovono Equivalent	la- / sa-

1. • dual subject prefix, realis or irrealis, for “Collocutive”: 1st inclusive and 3rd person

   Encyclopedic Info

   The prefix surfaces as lai- before certain monosyllabic verbs (e.g. ~ko > la-ko/lai-ko, ~la > la-la/lai-la) but not others (e.g. ~ka > la-ka/*lai-ka, ~le > la-le/*lai-le).

2. • you and I: 1st inclusive dual subject
3. • they two: 3rd dual subject

Related entries

• See also:
  • kia we two, i.e. you and I: personal pronoun for 1st person inclusive dual
  • da¹ 3rd person dual independent pronoun, referring to a pair of people already mentioned in discourse / they / them: anaphoric third dual pronoun, referring to a pair of people already mentioned in discourse / their: 3rd dual possessor of inalienable nouns