kitu
Variant. itu
pronoun
English. Topic demonstrative pronoun, spatial orientation: far from speaker and hearer in space or time and oft. out of sight: that.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Sug leduun ku kitu, sa' kana' da ductur ig mingingabang dun, matay nau sia.
English. As for that illness of mine, if it had not been a doctor who was the one to treat me, I would've died.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Laaway mu su gutung, kitu da geksid binaal ta, sungu na malap ma'is.
English. Go frighten away the monkeys; they"re there at the edge of our field, and are about to get the corn.
c.f. kitu'
kitukitu
pronoun
English. Of the particular person, thing or time under discussion, the very one, right now.
Example sentence:
Subanen. Kali' peksemba' si Ramon muka' si Gadung, mitalu' laak ni Gadung, “Kitukitu gembata' metau megbebat.”
English. When Ramon and Gadung sang reciprocally, Gadung said, “That particular child knows how to sing.”
Synonym. kia