bene eove himself; herself

Part of Speech pron.constr
MWE Structure art - pron
Morphology bene eove
Gloss OBJ.ART1.SG H.3SG.PRON
    • himself; herself
      • grammar
      • Comment The heavy 3rd person singular pronoun functions as a reflexive object and is marked by the object article of the 1st class.
      • Example 865:
        Me Kousiaga paa taratara bata bona, mepaa hivihivi komana bata bene eove, ...
        And Kousiaga was looking at her and kept asking himself
        Source: Aro 11E(Eno) 031-032
      • Example 866:
        Eove mee a moon to sinana ni bono paku vai suku bene eove kou to vaahito nana tea vaan.
        She also is the woman who is responsible for this feast because it is she who owns the village. (i.e. the land of the village)
        Source: Vos 02R(Vos) 042-043

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