să (39_Numerals & Mathematics)


Grammatical function

  • Type: Cardinal Number
  • Value: 1

Pronunciation

IPA: /saɪ/

Example sentence

To wo să apo ma. “I have one apple.”

Example Sentence 2

Kamnawopao zèxånů să. “The Skin Horse only smiled.”

Derived terms

  • bisă (1st)
  • săbam (Once)

Usage Note

Sense 2 (“only”). Post-positioned after a predicate or noun, restrictive limits the statement to exactly that one thing: xő aksami să izoŕa (“made only of velveteen”), igùŕano să (“just a toy”). First attested in Onă Gaksamipỏpỏ (The Velveteen Rabbit).