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| Contexts & Forms: | The same as for tense operators: (1) inflectional, (2) prepositional/conjunctive, and (3) adverbial. Contexts (1) and (3) are not well distinguished in English. |
| Inflector | Preposition or Conjunction | Adverbial | |
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| 3 Simple Locators: | |||
| vi | here | at/in/where … | here |
| va | near here | near / near the place where … | nearby |
| vu | far away | far from / far from where … | away |
| 3 Extended Locators: | |||
| vii | throughout…, a small place | throughout…, a small place | throughout…, a small place |
| via | throughout…, a medium place | throughout…, a medium place | throughout…, a medium place |
| viu | throughout…, a large place | throughout…, a large place | throughout…, a large place |
| 9 Compound Locators: (here translated only prepositionally) | |||||
| vivi | around in | vavi | into … (from nearby) | vuvi | into … (from afar) |
| viva | out of … (a short way) | vava | past … (nearby) | vuva | toward … |
| vivu | out of … (a long way) | vavu | away from … | vuvu | past … (at a distance) |
| A large number of Quantified Locators such as: (here translated prepositionally) | |||||
| vizi | at …, a spot | vazi | near …, a spot | vuzi | far from …, a spot |
| viza | in …, a small place | vaza | near …, a small place | vuza | far from …, a small place |
| vuza | in …, a large region | vuza | near …, a region | vuza | far from …, a region |