kivuan for or to you (sg.)

Part of Speech	clitic constr
MWE Structure	prep = object marker = pron
Morphology	ki=vu=an
Gloss	DAT=2SG.OBJM=2SG.PRON

• • for or to you (sg.)
  • • grammar

  Comment

  The dative preposition <ki> abd the object marker <vu> are incorporated in the verb complex.

  • • Example 3504:
      

      Ae! enaa na goe kurusu nom ta veve usu kivuan.

      Ae! I really don´t want to search your head for lice! (lit. search lice for you)

      Source: Vae 01R 257

    • Example 3505:
      

      Bvehee eori sabin haraa beo vaaporo vanee kivuan mataman.

      But they had not experienced yet (how it is) when a gun is pointing at you, at your eyes.

      Source: Pur 02E(Eno) 300

    • Example 3506:
      

      Enaa saka manini pote haa nom tea sue kivuan o matapaku totobin.

      I will never be ashamed to tell you the correct ways.

      Source: VaaSen 01W 539

Related entries

• See also:
  • an¹ you (sg.)
  • kiu⁴ for or to somebody who is referred to by the 2nd person singular pronoun <=an>