Foc
: focus particle
Values: | Yes |
Boolean feature for the focus particle tẽ.
Yes
: Yes
The focus particle tẽ signals that the preceding content word is focused.
Examples
Examples from Avila (2021):
- Se ruixawa, ne yara tẽ ixé. (Missão Novas Tribos do Brasil, 2016, canto 251, adap.) “My Lord, I am really yours.”
- Aape ta umanú paá, nhaã tuyu-itá kwera, ta marakaimbara upé tẽ. (Leetra Indígena. n. 17, 43, adap.) “So they died, those old ones, with their own poison.”
Foc in other languages: [aqz] [bor] [eme] [gn] [gub] [tpn] [yrl]