#nakopu

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Nakopu WOTD 11 September 2024

eihina /ejˈhi.nɐ/

definitions:

1: hello

2: goodbye

3: to love

4: love (noun)

similar to the Hawaiian word "aloha"

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Nakopu articles part 2:

plural articles:

indefinite nonspecific: pau

indefinite specific: pei

definite nonspecific: hau

definite specific: hei

examples of usage:

pau pala: some birds, i am looking for some birds

pei pala: some specific birds, i am looking for some specific birds

hau pala: the birds (nonspecific but definite), i am looking for the birds but i don't know which ones

hei pala: those birds (specific birds), i am looking for those specific birds

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Nakopu articles part 1:

singular articles:

indefinite nonspecific: mau

indefinite specific: mei

definite nonspecific: kau

definite specific: kei

examples of usage (the sentences are examples of usage for clarity and are not what the Nakopu words translate to, the Nakopu words only translate to an article plus bird):

pala: bird

mau pala: a bird (any bird), i am looking for any bird

mei pala: a (specific) bird, i am looking for a specific bird

kau pala: the bird (nonspecific but definite), i am looking for the bird, but i don't know which one that is

kei pala: that bird (specific bird), i am looking for that specific bird

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Nakopu personal pronouns part 1:

pronouns: 

NOM:

1SG: ani

2SG: noho

3SG.M: piu

3SG.F: pau

3SG.GN: pii

3SG.INAM: pou

1DU.IN: mainuu

1DU.EX: alalii

1PL.IN: einuu

1PL.EX: woolii

2DU: leepa

2PL: neni

3DU: lokou

3PL: iupi

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introducing Nakopu

phonemes:

ʻ /ʔ/

a /ɐ/

ā /aː/

ai /ɐj/

au /ɐw/

e /ɛ/

ē /eː/

ei /ej/

h /h/

i /i/

ī /iː/

iu /ju/

k /k/

l /l/

m /m/

n /n/

o /o/

ō /oː/

ou /ow/

p /p/

u /u/

ū /uː/

w /v/

a priori