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====Name-clauses==== | ====Name-clauses==== | ||
Because name-clauses do not have slots available for a noun's consonants or a verb's vowels to fit in, they must accompany a classifying noun or verb which indicates their role in the sentence. For people's names, the word '''''hiilemi''''' "the named one is named" is | Because name-clauses do not have slots available for a noun's consonants or a verb's vowels to fit in, they must accompany a classifying noun or verb which indicates their role in the sentence. The name-clause most commonly follows their classifying verb or noun. For people's names, the most common classifying word used is '''''hiilemi''''' "the named one is named". | ||
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| colspan="20" | '''''Niimeni xuatonugo.''''' | |||
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| colspan="20" | <small>[ˈniːmeni ʔua̯ˈtonuŋo]</small> | |||
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| '''n_m_n_''' || I || '''_ii_e_i''' || am named | |||
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| '''''Xua-''''' | |||
| colspan="20" | ''<small>NAME OF TAHU IN ADMINISTRATIVE ROLE:</small>'' | |||
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| '''''t_n_g''_''' || ''the big one'' || '''''_o_u_o''''' || ''is strange'' | |||
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| colspan="20" | ''My name is Xuatonugo.'' | |||
|} | |||
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| colspan="20" | '''''Halaima Tuamaagavu kuheemii.''''' | |||
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| colspan="20" | <small>[hiˈla̯ima tua̯ˈmaːŋavu kuheːˈmiː]</small> | |||
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| '''h_l_m_''' || the named one || '''_a_ai_a''' || causes | |||
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| '''''Tua-''''' | |||
| colspan="20" | ''<small>NAME OF TAHU IN ACTIVE SERVICE:</small>'' | |||
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| '''''m_g_v''_''' || ''the banana'' || '''''_e_ee_ii''''' || ''is big'' | |||
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| '''k_h_m_''' || the house || '''_a_i_ee''' || is on fire | |||
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| colspan="20" | ''Tuamaagavu sets the house on fire.'' | |||
|} | |||
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| colspan="20" | '''''Helumai Tuakuumoxu kimaixaa. Koomixuu togiho. ''''' | |||
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| colspan="20" | <small>[heluˈmai̯ tua̯ˈkuːmoʔu kimai̯ˈʔaː | koːmiˈʔuː ˈtoŋiho]</small> | |||
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| '''h_l_m_''' || the named one || '''_e_u_ai''' || forces | |||
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| '''''Tua-''''' | |||
| colspan="20" | ''<small>NAME OF TAHU IN ACTIVE SERVICE:</small>'' | |||
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| '''''k_m_x''_''' || ''the monkey'' || '''''_e_ee_ii''''' || ''plays'' | |||
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| '''k_m_x_''' || the monkey || '''_i_ai_aa''' || dances | |||
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| _ || _ || _ || _ | |||
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| '''k_m_x_''' || the monkey || '''_oo_i_uu''' || bites | |||
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| '''t_g_h_''' || the ''tahu'' in active service || '''_o_i_o''' || is directly affected | |||
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| colspan="20" | ''Tuakuumoxu forces the monkey dance. It bites him.'' | |||
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====Location==== | ====Location==== | ||