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The demonstrative adjectives in Fuyuge are represented by the suffixes -ana, this, -ala, this, here, -vala that, there.
From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood
Membrane -ana: any thin, transparent, flexible body tissue: specifically the wing tissue between the veins: in Heteroptera, the thin membranous tip of the hemelytra.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
These are similar to the Interrogative Nouns and are formed by the addition of the syllables -aua, -ana, or -ala instead of a.
From The Mafulu Mountain People of British New Guinea by Williamson, Robert Wood
Finally, Zanasanes may be referred to the root zan or jan, "to kill," which is perhaps simply followed by the common appellative suffix -ana.