posa
Keywords: discourse
| Pronunciation (IPA): | 'po.za |
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| 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.