Common Lexeme

posa

Keywords: discourse

Pronunciation (IPA): 'po.za 
Part of Speech: term verb noun 
Class: happat 
Forms: posa 
Glosses: answer, response, respond, address 

Description:

The term 'posa' refers to an answer or response.

Verb:

As a verb, 'posa' means to answer or respond to a question. It is a ditransitive happat verb of communication that taken an ergative responder, an absolutive response, and a dative recipient of the response. The dative argument can also refer back to a question that was asked, as in answering a question. The absolutive object is often a dependent clause introduced with 'si'. The usage is much like 'zisse'.

'Posa' can also be used in the sense of to address a concern, in which case the response is still the absolutive object, but the dative indirect object can be the matter being addressed as opposed to a person being addressed

Noun:

As a noun, 'posa' is generally read directly as an answer or a response.

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