mamote1 still

Part of Speech particle
Phonetic Form mamote
Variant Form(s) mate
Tanema Equivalent mamo
Lovono Equivalent mwa(melu)
    • still
      • Gram
      • Syntactic Restriction before the predicate
      • Example 1536:
        Pon mamote i-te.
        He is still alive.
      • Example 1537:
        Mamote ni-mui.
        I still don't know / I don't know yet.
        Example Comment
        negative verb ([~mui](LX000292))
      • Example 1538:
        Ini mamote emele mwatebe.
        She was still a young woman.
        Example Comment
        noun predicate
      • Example 1539:
        Temaka mamote nedemo we ka tomoro?
        Is it still dark? or daylight already?
      • Example 1540:
        Basavono ponu, mamote kulumoe Tetawo mate idi abia li-te ene.
        At that time, the village of Tetawo was still inhabited.

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