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/
Pitch Accent
- Morae: pă
- Pattern:
L - Class:
atonal
Example sentence
Example 1
- Asaxi: to john păkamm xiŕa.
- English: John is outside the building.
- Polish: x
Example Sentence 2
Example 1
- Asaxi: va aśpỏ, pă nona zèxiŕa.
- English: There were other things in the stocking.
- Polish: x
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).