peha...meha1 one ... the other one

Part of Speech pron.constr
MWE Structure pron - pron
Morphology peha...meha
Gloss one2.SG...other2.SG
    • one ... the other one
      • grammar
      • Comment <peha ... meha> and <peho ... meho> are anaphoric pronouns that are preceded by articles. If the antecedent is a noun of the 2nd class (n2), the form is <a peha ... a meha>, it it is a noun of the 3rd class (n3), it is <o peho ... o meho>.
      • Example 5556:
        Na tei nana o buaku o kaku anahi, a peha na dao riori bona anahi suuna, a meha he na dao riori bona tahune.
        There are two kinds of mullets, one is called the genuine mullet, but the other one is called tahune.
        Source: Vaa 09W 015-017

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