awke
Keywords: quantifiers
Pronunciation (IPA): | 'aw.ge |
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Part of Speech: | modifier |
Class: | quantifier |
Forms: | awke, awken, awkenys, awkeno |
Glosses: | all, every, everything, universe, universal, any, ever |
Description:
The modifier 'awke' is roughly a straight translation of the English word 'all', except that it can never be used as a head term without adding a derivation to make it a term.
When used adverbially, it has a sense like 'ever'. When used in an adjectival context with an indefinite article, at has the sense of 'any'.
The term form 'awken' as a noun means 'everything' or can be a word being 'universe'. The modifier form derived from this 'awkenys', translates as 'universal'.
To say something like 'any three apples', you use the right binding form awkeno with an indefinite article, e.g., 'nyr awkeno net kala'.