bero2 many; plenty

Part of Speech adj
    • many; plenty
      • quantification
      • comment The adjective <bero> typically functions as the head of an adjectival phrase (AP) and also may function as the head of a verb complex..
      • Example 6:
        A rupi a bero kurusu to vahuhu nana a goroto.
        The turtle lays very many eggs.
        Source:
        Naph 01W 016
      • Example 503:
        O iana o bero to avuhu ukee rori.
        Many fish have a smell called "ukee".
        Source:
        Sii 47W 062
      • Example 912:
        O aba o bero to nomaa roho tea mate.
        Many people came to the funeral.
        Source:
        Jub 01W 028
      • Example 913:
        Amaa sii bon amaa bero to vatagitagihu nao e Ririgono be vairaira ni maana bona mono revasin ne Bukimeasun.
        Many days, Ririgono kept going to the jungle and checking on the parcel of Bukimeasun's blood.
        Source:
        Nah 02E(Eno) 124
      • Example 914:
        Komana vaan bona na tei rori o vahara beiko o bero.
        In that village there were many children.
        Source:
        Mat 01E(Joy) 002-003
      • Example 915:
        O kopioro na bero rori teo vasu vaa Teavorana.
        The nerites are plenty in the stones of the island of Teavorana.
        Source:
        Sii 45W(Joy) 153
      • Example 916:
        ore paa bero, bero, bero bero maa amaa kakukaku taba,
        so that there are many, many, many, many different kinds of things (lit. so that the different kinds of things are many, many, many, many)
        Source:
        Iar 02RG 256
      • Example 917:
        Me nomana o bonono na bero kurusu rori teebona.
        Today there are many dugongs there.
        Source:
        Aro 01E(Eno) 082

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