oli’
Sense 1
English: Translation
again; once more
English: Definition
Marks the repetition or recurrence of an action, event, or situation; indicates that something happens or is done another time.
Part of Speech
adverb
Semantic Domain
Language and Communication
Time
Example Sentence
Oli’?
English: Example Sentence
Again?
Example Sentence
Giboen mo oli’.
English: Example Sentence
Do it again.
Sense 2
English: Translation
change; money returned after payment
English: Definition
Money returned to a payer when the amount tendered exceeds the price or amount owed.
Part of Speech
noun
Semantic Domain
Finance and Business
Example Sentence
Yo oli’?
English: Example Sentence
The change?
Example Sentence
Yo oli’ nyo singko?
English: Example Sentence
The change for the five.
Morphology
[ROOT]
Notes
Notes:
The two senses share the concept of return: an action occurs again, or excess money is returned to the payer.
Related Entries:
paoli’ — Root of
pawli’ — See also
oli’oli’ — Root of
pi-oli’an — Root of
soli’ — See also
solit — See also
Linguistic History
Strongly comparable with the widespread Philippine/Austronesian uli’ / \*uliq family denoting return, going back, restoration, recurrence, and money returned after payment. The Boie’nen vowel o corresponds to u in many neighboring cognate forms.