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Aka

adjectivepronoundeterminativedemonstrativeReviewedpage 16

Definitions

  1. 1
    This (fem.); this (masc.). Abbreviation of kaka, koka.

    PT Esta; este. Abreviatura de kaka, koka.·FR Cette; ce. Abréviation de kaka, koka.

    Seen in the folk-tales

    • Uxi: "Kanjila aka, ngi ka banga kiebi?"She says: "This little finch, what shall I do with it?"III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
    • O kanjila aka, o mababa ê kala ulu, ni muzungu uê.This little finch, its wings were of gold, and its body too.III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
Source · Assis Júnior (1940s), page 16 (right)