| Part of Speech | deictic |
| Phonetic Form | na |
| Tanema Equivalent | kana |
| Lovono Equivalent | ida |
| Syntactic Restriction | noun modifier |
Example 1790:
None na, aña tamwaleko.This food tastes bad.
Example 1791:
Uña ngaten' na, kape i-vio tev' eo.All those things will be yours.
Example 1792:
Noma, ni-ajau nabene; basavono na ka tae.I used to smoke in the past; but now [at this moment] it's over.
| Syntactic Restriction | head of NP |
Example 81:
Na, piene adapa Teanu a-ko ae?How is this called in Teanu? [lit. this, in Teanu language, you say what?]
Example 541:
Ei! Dapa! Na toñaki ae na?Hey, people! What sort of ship is that?
Example 1793:
Na nganae?!What's this?
Example 1148:
Idi na dapa li-tau jebute peini po li-kila idi.People have cooked taros for the wedding.
Example 1309:
Kupa na kupa mwaliko tae. Ka kaipa mwaliko na ia kupa na ngatene nga na.We are not human. You people are human, but we are creatures like this.
- Example URL
- https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S44
Example 1794:
En’ na dameliko tae, ene na ka mwaliko pine.I'm not a child, I'm a grown person!
- Example Comment
- with 1sg
Example 1795:
Eo na a-te vele?Where do you live?
- Example Comment
- with 2sg
Example 1796:
Eo na ai-ovei !Now that's something you know.