li-ko so they say…: formula found in narratives, as the narrator [...]

• • so they say…: formula found in narratives, as the narrator reminds the audience that the story originates in hearsay or oral tradition

  Literally

  they say

  • • Example 1201:
      

      Li-ko noma, uña toñaki van li-ka…

      It is said that in the olden times, ships used to come here!

    • Example 1202:
      

      Li-ko Banie nao, ini i-waivo ñe idi.

      And so the god Banie – or so they say – provided his teachings to humans.

    • Example 1203:
      

      Li-ko Tamate ponu: mwaliko iote da emel’ iape.

      [lit. “They say” the Tamate…] Here is the story of the Tamate spirits. Once upon a time, there was a man and a woman.

      Example Comment

      opening of narrative

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S1

Related entries

• Contains:
  • ~ko¹ say ‹s.th.›, declare. Introduces direct reported speech / call s.th. ‹so and so› / tell s.o. to do s.th.; order, suggest that / think, believe (that) / want to, be about to
• See also:
  • ~atevo narrate, tell ‹story, iepiene› / talk about ‹s.th., s.o.›, mention