zá (Relational Particle) - with, accompanied by

zá (Relational Particle)

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zá

Grammatical function

• Particle type: Relational Particle (NPCP)
• Function: Comitative Case Marker
• Meaning: Indicates accompaniment or association (“With”, “Accompanied by”, “Together with”).

Pronunciation

IPA: /zɑ/ (Based on phoneme á = /ɑ/)

Example sentence

1. Standard Comitative: John zá kjèpowa jýnů. John is talking with the trees.

Derived terms

• záŕa (Predicative Fusion): The result of fusing zá + xiŕa. Means “To be with” or “To accompany”.

• názáŕa (Negative Predicative): Means “To not be with” or “Unaccompanied by” (Suggested based on Negative Stacking rules).