bona³ him; her; it

Part of Speech	pron
Morphology	bona
Gloss	4SG.PRON

• • him; her; it
  • • grammar

  Comment

  4th person singular pronoun. This pronoun functions as a non-topical object if the subject of the clause has a 3rd person singular referent. If the subject is a 3rd person plural pronoun or a NP with a plural referent the form bari.

  • • Example 1029:
      

      E roosuu paa an vaevuru bona.

      Te giant has already eaten her.

      Source: Aro 14R 079

    • Example 1030:
      

      Merau me Moogee paa hee bona bona kariapa.

      And so Monkey gave him a myrtle fruit.

      Source: Ter 01RG 021

    • Example 1031:
      

      me subuava paa hee bona bona kehaa

      And the old woman gave her a shell.

      Source: Aro 04E(Eno) 051

    • Example 1032:
      

      ean paa busu nie, eve re an bona

      you throw it so that he can eat it

      Source: San 01R 045

Related entries

• See also:
  • bari¹ him; her; it; them
  • e² he; she; hin; her; it; them (things and animals; not humans)
  • vue³ particular