lə̂lá'

Ghomala'

Particle

lə̂lá' non-1st-sg spelling of də̂lá'

1. Marker of the distant past tense (for persons other than 1st singular)

   Ê lə̂lá' kùŋ jwí ê. ― He loved his wife.

   N də̂lá' kuŋ ê. ― I loved him/her.

Related terms

• dá'
• də̂lá'
• lá'
• lə lǎ'
• lə́dá'
• lə̂

References

• K'ayyang Foba Maï, Processus de grammaticalisation en Ghomala’ (2021)
• Minette Corrine Mokam Foko (2020), The Morphosyntax of Ghɔmáláʼ Verbs: Focus on Inherent Complement Verbs and Serial Verb Constructions