Definitions
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- (contr. of prep. ia and pers. pron. pl. etu). Our
- Of our persons
- Belonging to the persons speaking: (II) (III)
PT (contr. da prep. ia e do pron. pess. pl. etu). Nossa; nosso · Das nossas pessoas · Pertencentes às pessoas que falam: (II) (III)·FR (contr. de la prép. ia et du pron. pers. pl. etu). Notre; nos · De nos personnes · Appartenant aux personnes qui parlent: (II) (III)
Seen in the folk-tales
- O iama ixi: "Enda! tuabindemena u tu uanena o mbâmbi ietu."The animals say: "Come! we beg you to divide our antelope for us."III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
- O jingenji jixi: "Kî xitu ietu; ia ngene; ia mon' a mundele, uazeka bobo."The watchmen say: "It is not our meat; it belongs to someone else; it belongs to the son of a white man, who is sleeping over there."III · told by Jeremias da Costa, known as Jelemía dia Sabatelu
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- ' etu, adv. e pron. pl. Properly ours: (II)
- Of no one else: (III)
- Truly, properly ours.
PT ' etu, adv. e pron. pl. Propriamente nossos: (II) · De mais ninguém: (III) · Verdadeiramente, propriamente nossos.·FR ' etu, adv. e pron. pl. Proprement nôtres: (II) · De personne d'autre: (III) · Véritablement, proprement nôtres.