aba¹ person

Part of Speech

n2

• • person
  • • persons

  • • Example 12:
      

      a aba vaa Rabaul

      a person from Rabaul

      Source:

      Mah 13R 0944

    • Example 13:
      

      a aba vaa tea vagana

      a fisherman (lit. a person of the fishing)

      Source:

      Nah 02R 024

    • Example 14:
      

      tea buaku a aba vaa komano sinivi

      for the two people in each canoe

      Source:

      Sii 06RG 336

Related entries

• See also:
  • abana¹ men; people
  • komano sinivi inside of the canoe
  • vagana fish; go fishing (general term)
  • abaaba be like a person, appear to be a person / be full of people
  • ahiki ta aba nobody
  • ahiki ta peha aba nobody
  • maamihu aba everybody
  • meho² other; some
  • peha² a; some; any
  • ta peha aba anybody; somebody; someone
  • vaabaaba develop into a person or creature