nə́

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ne"

Ghomala'

Particle

nə́

  1. A particle used for marking the following verb as an infinitive.
    Mú yə̂ŋ kuŋ nə́ mɛ̂nyə á.
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  2. in/into, on/onto
    Pǒ níŋ msəm nə́.
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  3. from/of
    Pó kəŋtə mwə́ nə̂ nám.
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Noun

nə́ gender unattested singular of ? gender unattested

  1. body
    Nə̂ á sɔ̀mtə̀. ― My body has many pimples.
    [...] bɑ gɑ́ gɑ̌ tò nɑ́ a pɑ́ mɔk [...] ― and that I delived my body to the flames.

Variant spellings

  • naə́
  • nɑ́
Locative syntagms
  • dzʉ̌ (“outside”)
  • jyə̀ (“in the direction of”)
  • kha'tə̀ (“behind”)
  • nə́ (“on/towards”)
  • nə́ m̀
  • pûkwàp (“left”)
  • pûtyɔ̀ (“right”)
  • shwə̀ (“before”)
  • sə́ (“ahead”)
  • thə́ (“on”)
  • ŋka'tə̀ (“behind”)

References

  • Erika Eichholzer (editor) et al, Dictionnaire ghomala’ (2002)
  • Minette Corrine Mokam Foko (2020), The Morphosyntax of Ghɔmáláʼ Verbs: Focus on Inherent Complement Verbs and Serial Verb Constructions
  • Engelbert Domché-Téko, Le Locatif en Ghomala' - Journal of West African Languages XXVIII.1 (2000-1)
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