dao (02_Asaxi Verbs_Root (List))


dao

Transitivity / Valency

monotransitive verb takes two, e.g. He(1) kicked the ball(2).

ditransitive verb takes three, e.g. He(1) gave her(2) a flower(3).

Lexical Aspect

  • Achievement: Instantaneous event, often repeated (knock, sneeze, flash).

Grammatical Note

  • 02_Asaxi Verbs_Root (List): This belongs to the closed class of primitive verbs. It is a root verb and does not utilize the Universal Verbalizer suffix.

Semantic Field

Smnt_Field Transfer

Pronunciation

IPA: /da.o/

Translations

  • English: give
  • Polish: dać

Example sentence

John dåni Tom apa zèdao. John gave Tom apples.

Alternative forms

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Etymology

From Polish “dał”

Synonyms

x

Antonyms

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Derived terms

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