bo and

Part of Speech	conj
Morphology	bo
Gloss	and3

• • and
  • • grammar

  Comment

  <bo> coordinates pronouns, proper names, kinship terms and other nouns of the 1st class (n1) referring to persons

  • • Example 849:
      

      Evehee ere iaa bo tetee saka paa mararae hau, benam kavara nao, ...

      But mum and dad were not happy that all of us would go, ...

      Source: Sii 03R 135

    • Example 979:
      

      enam bo vaabuaku naa, e Samson Purupuru.

      I and my partner Samson Purupuru.

      Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 208

    • Example 980:
      

      ere roosuu bo mutanae

      a giant and his wife

      Source: Aro 11R 003

    • Example 981:
      

      meori an bo mutanae,

      and she and her husband ate, (lit. and they ate and her husband)

      Source: Nan 03E(Eno) 099

    • Example 982:
      

      O panasu tenam bo Rodney, enam pasi hae buaku nom.

      I and Rodney have a raft, we will both board it.

      Source: Sii 15W 110

Related entries

• See also:
  • mutanae his wife; her husband
  • ae and, conjoining a third coordinand in the case of three coordinands in a single NP / and, conjoining phrases
  • bere² (someone) and his/her friends, his/her companions