ei kou because

• • because
  • • grammar

  • • Example 1365:
      

      Meori vavaahae bari tea panasu, ei kou na hiki to sinivi, na toku rori tea paku sinivi.

      And they loaded them on the rafts, because they did not have a canoe, they did not know how to make canoes.

      Source: San 02R 007-008

    • Example 1366:
      

      Beori tei rori, toro an iana tamuana rori, ei kou e Bukimeasun a otei vaa tea vagana.

      When they were living there, they always had to eat fish, because Bukimeasun was a fisherman.

      Source: Nah 02E(Eno) 093-094

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• See also:
  • kou¹ indeed, truly; in fact; of course