asuasun aba murderer; killer

Part of Speech n2.constr
MWE Structure vt - n
Morphology asu-asun aba
Gloss RED-kill person
    • murderer; killer
      • persons
      • Comment In the examples below <asuasun aba> forms a NP in the function of a predicate and an apposition.
      • Example 385:
        a asuaasun aba, e Bukimeasun.
        (I´ll go to see this person, but he is a spirit,) Bukimeasun is a killer.
        Source: Nah 02R 028-029
      • Example 386:
        peho naena na tii nana a peha subuava rerau, a asuasun aba
        (Do not paddle further on) at one point, there lives then an old woman, a murderer
        Source: Vae 01R 017-018

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