dorana four

Part of Speech numeral
    • four
      • quantification
    • Comment In the last example, [Rum 01E(Joy) 063], the plural marker in <amaa dorana amaa siisia> denotes distributional plurality.
      • Example 136:
        Amaa dorana amaa siisia tea peha sikuuru.
        There are four teachers in each school.
        Source: Rum 01E(Joy) 063
      • Example 692:
        Dorana bau o vinu to tei naa Kekesu.
        I stayed at Kekesu for maybe four years.
        Source: Sii 01R(Sii) 037b
      • Example 1312:
        Barbara a dorana a beiko.
        Barbara (has) four children.
        Source: Iar 01R 757
      • Example 1313:
        O dorana o vinu.
        Four years.
        Source: Iar 01R 058
      • Example 1314:
        Enam paa dorana vaevuru.
        We were already four.
        Source: Sii 02R 318
      • Example 1315:
        Ean repaa vehu kahi to dorana ge to kukan to vehu.
        Then you cut off four or three branches.
        Source: Sii 41W 053

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