buo two

Part of Speech	numeral
Morphology	buo
Gloss	two3

• • two
  • • numerals

  Comment

  <buo> 'two3'precedes nouns of the 3rd class. The NP is formally singular and marked by an article of the 3rd class; e.g. <o1> ART3.SG, <bono1> OBJ.ART3.SG, <to2> NSPEC3.SG

  • • Example 1150:
      

      ae o buo vaaporo

      and two guns

      Source: Mah 13R 0841

    • Example 1151:
      

      Meori paa mosi bono buo rom veresun.

      They cut two wild banana stems.

      Source: Aro 04E(Eno) 116

    • Example 1152:
      

      ean paa gono maa to buo paka kavovo

      then you get two cockatoo feathers

      Source: Nah 02R 041

Related entries

• See also:
  • bua two, both, a couple of (people or things)
  • buaku two; both