k= to; for

Part of Speech prep
Morphology k=
Gloss DAT
    • to; for
      • grammar
      • Comment Short form of <ki>, incorporated in the verb complex and combined with object markers.
      • Example 2782:
        Bubuu! Ean toro paku kanaa ta vuhun.
        Grandmother! You must make me a bow.
        Source: Vae 01R 006
      • Example 2789:
        ahiki beori sue vataaree kanam
        without informing us (lit. it did not exist that they informed us)
        Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 170

Related entries

  • See also:
    • kamaanam for us; to us (but not you);
    • kanaa me; for me; to me
    • kanam us; for us; to us (but not you)
    • ki for; to
    • kama to somebody (to me or us, but not to you)
    • kamaraara us; for us (but not you)
    • kamau2 for