ba plural marker for kinship terms

Part of Speech n2
Morphology ba
Gloss KIN.PLM
    • plural marker for kinship terms
      • kinship
      • groups & collections
      • grammar
      • Comment The plural marker signifies that people of the same kind of kinship belong to the same generation. It is classified as a noun of the second class n2, because it determines the selection of the article.
      • Example 513:
        A ba suburaara na booboha overe ni roho bona vasu.
        Our grandparents broke coconuts (by hitting them) with a stone.
        Source: Joy 17W 069
      • Example 514:
        A ba suburaara na kuukuhi overe ni roho bona kehaa.
        Our grandparents grated the coconuts with a shell.
        Source: Joy 17W 075
      • Example 515:
        mea ba tamariori paa koara ri bari
        but their fathers scolded them
        Source: Asu 01E(Eno) 135
      • Example 516:
        Bara o nagu vai saka mate haari a ba sinariori.
        Also, these orphans whose relatives (of the mother's side) have not died.
        Source: Mah Loa Vaa 04R(Loa) 084

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