pă- (07_Describing Location in Asaxi)
pă
pă
Grammatical function
- Type: Relational Locative Prefix
- Function: Topological State (Exteriority)
- Meaning: Outside, external to.
Syntax
Attaches to the front of the noun.
- Compound:
pă+o→ păwo (Outside-here).
Pronunciation
IPA: /paɪ/
Example sentence
To John păkamm xiŕa. John is outside the building.
Example Sentence 2
Va aśpỏ, pă nona zèxiŕa. “There were other things in the stocking.”
Derived terms
- pănů - To exit / To go outside.
- păŕa - To be outside (Stative).
Usage Note
Sense 2 (“other”). Detached from a locative host, bare pă before a noun means “other / another / else” — that which stands outside the thing under discussion. Compare the lexicalized păshá (“another person, outsider”). Also: pă sháma (“everyone else”), pă åkamm (“the next moment”), pă pỏpỏ (“the other rabbit”). First attested in Onă Gaksamipỏpỏ (The Velveteen Rabbit).