bono² specific plural article

• • specific plural article
  • • grammar

  Comment

  The article <bono2> introduces NPs headed by a n2 noun and functioning as a non-topical object in clauses with a 3rd person subject

  • • Example 1049:
      

      mea tavaan paa mee riu bono beiko teori

      and the people had taken their children, (had taken their wives and children and they had run away from the village).

      Source: Sii 06RG 453

    • Example 1050:
      

      Rahi maa bono iana, eori re sibono bari.

      (They) catch the fish, then they smoke them.

      Source: Vos 03R(Vos) 083

Related entries

• See also:
  • beiko child (young person) / son or daughter of any age
  • iana fish and other creatures that swim