isapama
West Makian
Etymology
Univerbation
of
isa
(
“
make
”
)
+
pama
(
“
what
”
)
, likely as "what makes it such that...?"
Pronunciation
IPA
(
key
)
:
/i.s̪a.pa.ˈma/
Adverb
isapama
(
interrogative
)
why
?
ni
isapama
nopodo yo
?
―
why
did you not come?
Alternative forms
sapma
References
Clemens Voorhoeve (
1982
)
The Makian languages and their neighbours
, Pacific linguistics
(as
sapmá
)
James Collins (
1982
)
Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary
, Pacific linguistics
(as
isa pamá
)
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