nanana today, past or future / nowadays

Part of Speech	locative
Phonetic Form	nanana
Tanema Equivalent	demo-kana
Lovono Equivalent	damo-(i)da
Morphology	Cf. na ‘now’

1. • today, past or future

   (Part of) Antonym (for)

   pepane mobo

   • • Example 1640:
       

       Ni-le ne revo nanana ni-romo meviko takataka.

       I was at sea today, and saw a sea krait.

     • Example 1817:
       

       Kape i-ka mobo we nanana?

       Will she come tomorrow, or today?

2. • nowadays

   Sense Comment

   by ext

   • • Example 1818:
       

       Voko i-te ponu ra ka i-vagasi nanana.

       The stone has been there until this day.

     • Example 1819:
       

       Pe nanana ka li-vilu ne toñaki ie damala.

       Nowadays, people travel on Western-style ships.

Related entries

• See also:
  • na² here / now