paa pre-head tense-aspect-mood marker indicating a change of [...]

Part of Speech tam
Morphology paa
Gloss TAM3
    • pre-head tense-aspect-mood marker indicating a change of situation either in the past or the future
      • grammar
      • Example 4818:
        Eh, eara kahi nomaa vahaa, eara paa ma dee a otei be peana goroho nanai.
        Hey, we should come back (and) carry the boy away while he is sleeping here.
        Source:
        Viv 01R 025-026
      • Example 5204:
        Meori paa nao, meori paa mosi maa bona maa ariono, meori mosi maa, meori mosi maa, meori mosi maa,
        And they went, and they cut ariono vines, and they cut and they cut and they cut,
        Source:
        Sii 06RG 024

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