L E P/Time

Lexical Expansion Project

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is past & future associated w space? behind & ahead as in English, ahead and behind as in Aymara, or maybe above and below, tied in w Eywa?

already, by this time, by then (A)

She already knows this.

The sky people will be gone by then.

In some languages the already word shades into right now or just that moment, too.

forever, evermore (B)

distinct from frakrr

for (span of time) (A)

He was king for a day

what is the best way to express "during"? <er> + a krr?

opportunity (B)

in the past (experience) (B)

I used to do X in the past, but that's behind me now

it's about time (A)

expressiong indicating that the speaker has waited for and expected something to happen, and has grown impatient about it