á-bi

á-bi 
ábi 
conjuction 
Source
if; if only (such a thing had happened) 
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Apr 20, 2011 12:51 am

Problems

Comments

Dorsey says in reference to example sentence: Abi refers to the past, what can not be helped now; but without "abi" the sentence would refer to the future
Added/modified by: David Nesheim on 6/2/09, 12:19 PM
 
conjunction 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Examples

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Ábi Maⁿtcú-nájíⁿ gȼájĭ ḳiji, e ȼé te hắ, kĭ ábi cĭ Qiȼá-skă cé̸ȼu ḳĭ, e ȼé te ha.If Maⁿtcú-nájíⁿ; had not gone home, he might have gone; and if Qiȼá-skă were only here, he might...Catherine RudinView

Gloss

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ifCatherine RudinView
if onlyCatherine RudinView

Native Definitions

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If, if only.Catherine RudinView

Speaker Comments

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J. gave as the Tc. equivalent of the first clause, Núⁿá Maⁿ tcó-nayiⁿ tcḳiáre ée ré nuásku.David NesheimView