e1 specific basic singular article of the first class which is used [...]

Part of Speech art
Morphology e
Gloss ART1.SG
    • specific basic singular article of the first class which is used with proper names of persons, kinship terms, nouns referring to persons of a high social rank and domestic animals
      • grammar
      • Example 1040:
        Tabae e Rigamu na tamaka ni nana bone Sookara.
        Because Rigamu felt sorry for Sookara.
        Source: Sia 01R 122
      • Example 1337:
        E beera teori sue vai, ...
        Their chief said now, ...
        Source: Aro 15R 125
      • Example 1338:
        E sinanae sa mararae kurus haa.
        His mother was not very happy.
        Source: Aro 02E(Eno) 043

Related entries

  • See also:
    • be3 if (the); when (the)
    • beera2 chief
    • me4 and the ...
    • te2 at/from/in/of/on/to combined with an article
    • kie2 for or to somebody referred to by a noun of the first class (n1)
    • mae2 here the ...
    • mie2 for it
    • vue1 immediateness marker with an enclitic article