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Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30) (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 62
Originally an alternative form of lilu(“to him”), etc., pronominal forms of Arabicلَ(la, “to, for”), إلَى(ʔilā, “to, towards”). The adverbial construction exists in several Arabic dialects; compare e.g. North Levantine Arabicإلي يومين ما نمت(ʔili yawmayn ma nimt, “I haven’t slept in two days”). The postpositional use is derived therefrom.
Expresses the time that something has been going on; takes personal suffixes according to subject of the phrase and is followed by a specification of time; (equivalent to English) for; in
Ili jumejn ma norqod.
I haven’t slept in two days.
(literally, “To me two days I don’t sleep.”)
Xmun ilu seba’ xhur fil-ħabs.
Simon has been in jail for seven months.
(literally, “Simon to him seven months in jail.”)
Usage notes
As above, the construction involves a verb in the present tense or a nominal sentence. If negated, the verb does not take the suffix -x.