An-d-za'oi

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Munja'kin

Etymology

From an + sa'oi.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /andzaˈʔoi/

Prepositional Phrase

an-d-za'oi

  1. (ablative) from you, off of you, away from you
  2. (ergative) you, by you
  3. (inalienable inanimate possession) of you, your, yours, of yours
    Uli an-d-za'oi an doni monala?
    Your looks or mine?
    -Nahara (Emerald City, Episode 109)
  4. (inalienable animate subordinate possession) of you, your, yours, of yours

Creation and Usage Notes

Sssssssssssssoooooooooo... Evidently in episode 101, I used the phrase an za'oi—just like that. Later on, I got this really cool idea (not being sarcastic here) to have an epenthetic [d] appearing when words beginning with certain classes of sounds followed an. Very cool, very cool, only...I forgot about the line in episode 101. Just forgot! I mean, in terms of what you hear, there's virtually no difference, since that epenthetic [d] is quite natural, but I didn't actually write it down in the script, so...yeah. An inconsistency. Yet another mistake—by me. Awesome.

-David J. Peterson 03:43, 1 June 2020 (PDT)