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*''kitál'': assertive particle, usually translated as "You did do it!" | *''kitál'': assertive particle, usually translated as "You did do it!" | ||
*''yoawíka/yawkâ'' /jo'ka:ʔ/ (per Iyyaħmi): presentational particle, usually translated as "Look here (at the evidence I present you)"; possibly a loan from Minhast ''wahēk'' "behold; thus; and then" | *''yoawíka/yawkâ'' /jo'ka:ʔ/ (per Iyyaħmi): presentational particle, usually translated as "Look here (at the evidence I present you)"; possibly a loan from Minhast ''wahēk'' "behold; thus; and then" | ||
* ''oan'': evidential, lit. "It is said", but what the speaker really means is "He (the other litigant) falsely claims" | |||
*''peliár'': "to be wrong"; used for repudiation, disputation, e.g. "What he (the other litigant) says is a lie/falsehood" | |||
*''oni'': "to be empty", in the context of the lawsuit, "There is no evidence that..." | |||
*''neko'': "to continue; still", in the context of the lawsuit, re-establishes a statement the litigant said that has been agreed by the Prefect to be true, setting up support for the next statement the litigant is going to say next, e.g. ''Neko Ápan jibái Yéso jibáitane!'', i.e. "Just as was established (by the Prefect earlier) that Ápan is mine, so is Yéso!" | |||
*''penór'': privative, "to undo; to wash away"; in the context of the lawsuit, "to dismiss the charges (against me)", e.g. "Neko hino jikátahai sonda, Ikúni mek Sorvinna penór mek piláhi!'' "Just as this lowly one has presented thee evidence and thou dost agree, I beseech thee, Lord, that thou dismissest these charges!" | |||
As the language's canonical word order is SOV, the verb phrase occupies the final position of the clause, with the tense markers ''nai'' and ''hai'' appear at the very end of the clause. | As the language's canonical word order is SOV, the verb phrase occupies the final position of the clause, with the tense markers ''nai'' and ''hai'' appear at the very end of the clause. | ||