bua two, both, a couple of (people or things)

Part of Speech numeral
Morphology bua
Gloss two2
    • two, both, a couple of (people or things)
      • quantification
      • comment <bua2> precedes nouns of the 2nd class. The NP is formally singular and marked by an article of the 2nd class; e.g. <a1>, <bona1>, <ta3>.
      • Example 794:
        ... tabae eori a bua otei a bua beera a bua kikis.
        ... because they, the two men, were two powerful chiefs.
        Source:
        Val 02R 028
      • Example 1096:
        Mea bua subunae koa to kikira bene Matabuu.
        And only her two grandparents cared for Matabuu.
        Source:
        Val 03R 005
      • Example 1097:
        A bua sii beiko teori, a bua otei.
        They had two boys. (lit. Two dear children (were) theirs, two males.)
        Source:
        Mom 01E(Joy) 002
      • Example 1098:
        Na teitei me nana bona ta bua sii taba ta bua ta bebeahu ketaanae.
        (The beardfish) has two little long things on his chin.
        Source:
        Vaa 09W 244
      • Example 1099:
        E kahi na hio ni nana bona bua moonae evehee na vaasun nana bono buo kurina.
        The dog is sitting on his hind legs, while having stood up his front legs.
        Source:
        Sii 09W 013
      • Example 1100:
        Enaa saka nata haa ni nom a hena ria bua otei to nomaa roho tea mee bari.
        I don't know the names of the two men who came to take him.
        Source:
        Sia 01R 149

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