| 9.1.5. ki: |
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It is used in ‘yes’ or ‘no’ type questions. When ki: is used as a interrogation to ascertain something, the verb with which it is used is repeated in the form of future tense.
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| we:r ha:tu:r ki: wo:r hattu:r? |
| ‘whether these people went or those?’ |
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hu ti: ki: huwi: |
‘saw it or not?’ |
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itti: ki: inwi: |
‘said it or not?’ |
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i i: ki: atwi: |
‘cooked or not?’ |
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ad wa:t ki: wa:wo: |
‘she came or not?’ |
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| 9.1.6. bara: |
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It gives emphatic meaning such as ‘even, also, too’, etc.
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nan bara: wa:yka:n |
‘I to shall come’ |
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ad ga:o: bara: tit |
‘she ate food too’ |
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ond bara: aga: a:yo: |
‘not even one is there’ |
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| 9.1.7. le:ka: |
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This clitic gives the meaning of ‘same as, alike’ etc.
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wo:r leyo:r le:ka:  isinto:r
he young man like appears
‘he appears like a young man’
ma: nima: le:ka: punno:m
we you like do not know
‘we do not know as you do’
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| 9.8.1. pakka:y |
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This functions as an intensifier modifying the following verb.
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ma: pakka:y gorga: uo:m
we much sulphi drank
‘we drank sulphi to much’
pir pakka:y va:yinta:
rain much comes
‘it rains heavily’
aw pakka:y e:ndinta:
they much dance
‘they dance more’
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