u2 immediateness marker indicating that something has just happened [...]

Part of Speech tam
Variant Form(s) vu=2; =u; v=
Morphology u
Gloss IMM
    • immediateness marker indicating that something has just happened or will happen immediately
      • grammar
      • Comment <u> is used within the verb complex after the head and usually written as a clitic
      • Example 7707:
        ... mepaa aeae u a vadee!
        ... and the load has become light!
        Source: Viv 01E(Eno) 081
      • Example 7708:
        A taba vai paa tavusu u, eori he tea vaasubunubu ni bona koro sinivi.
        This thing had just happened when they were looking forward to having the canoe carving the next day.
        Source: Aro 02E(Eno) 083
      • Example 7708:
        A taba vai paa tavusu u, eori he tea vaasubunubu ni bona koro sinivi.
        This thing had just happened when they were looking forward to having the canoe carving the next day.
        Source: Aro 02E(Eno) 083

Related entries

  • See also:
    • mau here; hither; to the place or person I am talking about
    • nau1 go
    • nau2 there
    • vu=2 immediateness marker indicating that something has just happened or will happen immediately
    • avameam you (pl.)
    • avanaa me
    • batau continuously, for a while, along
    • riu2 object marker combined with the immediateness marker
    • unaa I
    • vahau again
    • vee2 he, she, or it
    • vuam you (pl.)
    • vuara we (including you)
    • vue2 him; her; he; she