ponu1 that, close to or associated with you: 2nd-degree demonstrative, [...]

Part of Speech deictic
Phonetic Form ponu
Variant Form(s) pon
Tanema Equivalent pa, pade
Lovono Equivalent pae
    • that, close to or associated with you: 2nd-degree demonstrative, anchored on the addressee
      • Example 165:
        Kape u-ali pele po a-labu ponu?
        Will you be casting that net you're holding?
      • Example 1018:
        U-wai ebele u-ka pon etapu!
        Don't shake your body like that!
      • Example 2040:
        Awis pine peini ngatene pe a-la ponu.
        Thank you for your efforts. [lit. for those things you did]
      • Example 2121:
        ne utele vewo pine ponu
        by that big chestnut tree over there
      • Example 2122:
        U-le pon etapu!
        Don't go there! (where you're about to go)
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S58
      • Example 2123:
        nga pon
        like that, like you're doing
    • that, mentioned by you or in our dialogue. Points to an easily retrievable referent
      • Example 1026:
        Pon kaiawo tae, ova revo.
        That's not smoke, that's steam.
      • Example 1141:
        Li-kila temaka pon li-ko “Moe ma Tadoe”.
        That place is called “Devils' Lair”.
      • Example 2124:
        Basavono pon ene mamote apali.
        At that time [you're talking about], I was still a child.
      • Example 2125:
        Okoro 'naka pon i-wene vele?
        So where's that knife of mine (we're talking about)?
      • Example 2126:
        Ponu nganae pine ponu? Pon tadoe? Pon tepakola?
        What's that giant creature? Is that a god? Is that a giant?
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S161
    • definite determiner, referring either to discourse or to shared knowledge
      • Gram
    • Sense Comment hence
      • Example 1627:
        Mwasu ponu, ini mwaliko pe i-metei dapa ne ini tae.
        That Mwasu was a person who felt no shame with his relatives.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S43
      • Example 2027:
        Ini i-papa men' iap' pon la-ke.
        She took her baby on her back and out they went.
      • Example 2127:
        Emele pon i-mene i-te i-etengi.
        The girl refused, and then she sat crying.
        Example Comment
        in narrative
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S74
    • noun-phrase topicalizer
      • Gram
    • Sense Comment hence
      • Example 585:
        Dero ponu, vilo pe emele i-ve.
        The kauri is a tree that was first born out of a woman.
        Example Comment
        myth
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003353#S34
      • Example 678:
        Voko iote pon li-re ne elene Lege ponu.
        There was once a large stone down there, in the clearing known as Lengge.
      • Example 883:
        N-atevo iepiene amjaka peini Laperus. Iepiene pon na, ni-lengi tev' et' one.
        I'll tell a short story about Lapérouse. This story, I heard it from my mother.
      • Example 1470:
        Toñaki ie Laperus ponu, ae, tepakare. Lovia tilu, ne?
        Lapérouse's ship, you know, it was a catamaran. With two sections, you see?
      • Example 2128:
        Uña ngatene pon na pe vele?
        All those things, where do they come from?
    • clause topicalizer: marks a clause as backgrounded, before introducing a foregrounded main clause; hence ‘since X…, Y’, or ‘as X…, Y’, or ‘X…, then Y’
      • Disc
      • Example 1521:
        Ka i-mamei ponu ka i-maliawo ka i-wene teve.
        As she was feeling cold, she lit a fire and lied down beside it.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003353#S13
      • Example 1818:
        Voko i-te ponu ra ka i-vagasi nanana.
        The stone has been there until this day.
      • Example 2129:
        Ka vitoko pe la-koie ponu la-lengi dapa.
        As they were about to land, they heard some voices.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S27

Related entries

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  • Subentry:
    • po1 shorter form of ponu ‘that’, always clause-medial
    • pon that