intu
Cypriot Arabic
See also
| Cypriot Arabic personal pronouns | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isolated nominative pronouns | ||||
| singular | plural | |||
| 1st person | ana | naxni | ||
| 2nd person | m | int | intu | |
| f | inti | |||
| 3rd person | m | uo, o1 | innen, enne1 | |
| f | ie, e1 | |||
| 1. Used as a copula. | ||||
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 146
Iban
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [intu]
- Hyphenation: in‧tu
- Rhymes: -tu
Verb
intu
- to watch over
- to take care of
- endun nya' bagas ngintu menyadi' ia tabin suba.
- That girl did nothing but look after her brother when he was ill.
- to celebrate
- Gawai diintu diri sebilik aja, anang pulai ke meua, anang ngabang sereta anang begelumu ba ruai
- Gawai is self-celebrated in own room only, do not come back to hometown, do not celebrate and gather together in ruai (unpartitioned gallery in a longhouse).
References
- Richards, Anthony. An Iban-English Dictionary, Volume 1 Clarendon Press. 1981.
- Gawai diintu diri sebilik aja, anang pulai ke meua, anang ngabang sereta anang begelumu ba ruai Dayak Daily. 25 May 2021.
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