kini
Variant. keni
pronoun
English. Topic demonstrative pronoun; exophoric function indicates a referent near/associated with speaker in present time; endophoric
function, establishes thematic participants and marks discourse sections: this, here.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kiting mu pa dinaan kig libedu kini, pu' duuni guiten ku pata'.
English. Carry this book for me, because I have some timber to carry.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Pu' gusa kini, mpianen mai mengekib guling di tinutungan.
English. For as for these deer, they like to nibble on the charcoal in the burned fields.