# Day 3: Lightouse: "watekwa renya"
## New Words
* **tekwa**: n. streetlight, watchfire, fire for light
* **chetekwa**: n. flashlight, lamp, torch
* **watekwa**: n. floodlight, signal fire, beacon
* **renya**: v. attract, invite, beckon
* **watekwa renya**: n. _lighthouse_
## Example
* [ˌox̞eˈx̞eʎa waˈtekʷa ˈreɲa ko ˈkeᵑgo ˈᵐpaᵑka]
* **Ohehelya watekwa renya ko kengo mpanka.**
* UH-he~helya WA-tekwa Ø=renya ko kengo N=panka
* NV-IPFV~shine AUG-fire ATTR=beckon to overside ATTR=sea
* *There's a lighthouse shining out over the sea.*
## Grammar
* The **wa-/wâ-** prefix is the augmentative.
* Before **r** and nasals, the attributive clitic **n-** disappears.
* The **u(h)-/o(h)-** "neutral voice" verbal prefix is a difficult one to explain. It causes the word order to change from SVO to VSO, it marks that the subject is indefinite, and is used to introduce a new subject. Basically it turns "the X Y-s" to "there's an X Y-ing".
* Kwanyani has few prepositions, but many "compound preposition". Instead of saying "onto something", you say "to the overside of something".
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