tēlge

Mwotlap

Etymology

From Proto-Torres-Banks *(i) tolu ɣai, from Proto-Oceanic *i (“3rd person pronoun”) + *tolu (“three”) + *kai (“native, person”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɪlɣɛ/

Article

tēlge (trial)

  1. the (trial article for human nouns)
    tēlge lōqōvēn ― (the) three women

Usage notes

  • General determiner; does not encode definiteness.
  • Contrasts with singular na- (prefix), dual yoge, plural ige.

Pronoun

tēlge

  1. (the) three people (generic trial for human nouns)

Usage notes

References

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