| 8.3. adne:na: ‘because’ |
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It gives cause or reason for the first event.
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ma:ne:dun bara:  uwa:l tinta adene:na: paka:y
men the also tiger eats because many
na:hk le: du:
villages deserted
‘tigers eat men also because of that many villages were deserted’
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| 8.4. mate: ‘but’ |
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It occurs after the main sentence when some negative modification is made for the first event.
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ad aga: mata: mate: turte: hanji: mata:
that there was but soon having gone was
‘it was there but soon went away’
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| 8.5. ba: ‘or’ |
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It is used when two sentences are disjoined.
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heregure: bade: be:re:r manta: ba: sirap cuwa: manta:
nearby any stream is or only well is
‘is there any stream nearby or only a well’
da: ugo: ba i:ta: ba: lo:ta:
liquor shop of or house of
‘whether the liquor is from the shop or from the house?’
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