Language: | Fijian |
Feature: | Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht |
Value: | Binary politeness distinction |
(o)mudou/ (o)dou | 2nd sg. hon. | - used for address of brother or sister of opposite sex, elder siblings of same sex; etymologically, this is a 2nd paucal pronoun |
(o)mudrau/ (o)drau | 2nd sg. hon. | - etymology is actually 2nd du, used for address of mother-in-law, father-in-law |
(o)munuu/ (o)nuu | 2nd sg. hon. | - used for the address of the village chief or generally old persons who deserve respect, especially the short form (o)nuu is reserved for the village chief |