opa (01_Asaxi Nouns (List))


opa

Noun class (warm / cold)

Cold

Grammatical function

  • Type: Temporal Noun
  • Meaning: The Immediate Future, the brink, the verge.

Pronunciation

IPA: /opa/

Semantic field

Smntc_Field Time

Translations

  • English: the brink, the verge, the next moment
  • Polish: najbliższa przyszłość, krawędź (czasowa)

Example sentence

Ńopa, to wa gavină pabůchů. in-imm-future, SUBJ 1PL well FUT-feel “We will feel well in the immediate future.” (Lit: In the brink, we will feel well).

Etymology

o- (Here) + pa (Future). Lit: “The Here-Future.”