ebieve² yearly season, year

• • yearly season, year

  Encyclopedic Info

  Etym.: This noun is metonymically named after the yearly flowering of the Erythrina flower (ebieve).

  • • Example 447:
      

      Ai' one ka i-bu, ebieve tua ka i-da.

      My father died eight years ago.

    • Example 637:
      

      ne to ebieve

      in the middle of the year

    • Example 638:
      

      ebieve 2005

      in 2005

    • Example 639:
      

      ebieve abia

      every year

    • Example 640:
      

      ebieve iote k' awoiu ponu

      last year

    • Example 641:
      

      Ebieve iono ka tivi?

      [how many are your years?] How old are you?