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- Kat(A)
Indeed
Part of speech:
(Emphatic enclitic participle)
Sources:
Notes:
(Editor - an 'enclitic' is a word pronounced with so little emphasis that it is shortened and forms part of the preceding word eg n't in can't. 'Emphatic' means that it adds an emphasis to another word when it is added to the end. In the example 'windya-kat', 'windya' means 'where?'. 'Windya-kat' means 'where indeed?!')
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Pronunciation Guide:
Categories:
Suffix Communication

Example Phrases

English:
Where indeed? I don't know!
Language:
Windya-kat.
English:
He is bending his knees, he is kneeling down
Language:
Milpa-milpa-kat pathingguk.

Associated Audio

Description:
-kat(a)_indeed
Author:
Laura Ross
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Licensing:
Copy right 2019 Yarkuwa Indigenous Knowledge Centre