le- irrealis subject prefix for “Collocutive” plural: 1st inclusive [...]

Part of Speech	subject prefix
Phonetic Form	le
Tanema Equivalent	la- / le-
Lovono Equivalent	kape- / se(pe)-

1. • irrealis subject prefix for “Collocutive” plural: 1st inclusive and 3rd and generic person
   • • Gram

   Encyclopedic Info

   Variant li- before a radical starting from a vowel: e.g. le- + ~ovei = li-ovei ‘they know’. For these verbs, the realis and irrealis 3pl are homophonous.

2. • 1st inclusive plural subject (see kiapa): you and us

   • • Example 1077:
       

       Kape le-tabo le-katau na kiapa ponu.

       Let's retrace our own steps again.

     • Example 1132:
       

       Le-wamu kiapa ñe ini!

       Let's hide away from him!

       Example Comment

       reflexive

3. • 3rd plural subject (see dapa): they

   • • Example 1413:
       

       Dapa kula li-abu revo, me le-labu namuko.

       The others slap the (sea) water, in order to catch the fish.

4. • generic plural subject (see idi): ‘people’, ‘one’, generic ‘you’. Sometimes translated with a passive voice in English

   • • Example 621:
       

       Nga mwaliko i-bu, le-iu ebele ini i-wene ne kie ini.

       When somebody dies, their body is buried in a grave.

     • Example 1045:
       

       Toñaki pine pe kape le-ke le-lui ne ngamuli tae.

       It was not the kind of large ships that can go out into the ocean.

     • Example 1414:
       

       Li-vo aero i-dai, me kape le-mako ne to.

       They erected a fence around (the village area), for us/for people to dance in the middle.

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S127

     • Example 1415:
       

       Van' ni-wene ni-botongo nara kape le-punuo ñi.

       I sleep on (my money) so nobody can steal it.

Related entries

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