IPA: [ʔankʷʼʌs]')"> 'ankw'us
'ankw'us
ᐧᐊᐣᘁᗒᔆ
ADV
approximately, just, almost
Examples
(1)
'Ankwus
na'edai.
just
he ate (
uo
)
[habitual]
He just ate.
#001353
(2)
'Ankw'us
nka
hesya.
almost
for you (1)
I hollered
I almost hollered for you.
#000066
(3)
'Ankw'us
dai
hubanghan.
almost
starvation
it killed them (3+)
They almost starved to death.
#001043
(4)
Dilan
'ankw'us
duloo
yundulhcho.
Dylan
almost
his own mother
he is as tall as her
Dylan is almost as tall as his mother.
#001397
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