eiei this / here

1. • this
   • • grammar

   • • Example 1371:
       

       e Sitaegoraa, a sii otei vai, to tii mina bono karoe, a pii eiei.

       Sitaegoraa, this poor boy, who had karoe (on his bum), this is (a kind of) sore.

       Source: Mor 02R 070-071

     • Example 1372:
       

       Teo vinu tabae eiei?

       In which year was this?

       Source: Iar 01R 152

     • Example 1372:
       

       Teo vinu tabae eiei?

       In which year was this?

       Source: Iar 01R 152

     • Example 1373:
       

       Me nomana, bean tara a paka no kaoto be gogooravi, ean paa kona koa a revasin ne Matabuu eiei.

       And today, when you see that the leaves of the kaoto tree are red, you know that this is Matabuu's blood.

       Source: Val 03E(Eno) 119-121

2. • here

   • • Example 997:
       

       Menaa paa boha voen, "Enaa eiei, vaanao anaa."

       I said, "Here I am, send me."

       Source: Rum 01E(Joy) 042

     • Example 1374:
       

       Ean na hua oha vaha bata nom, enaa eiei.

       You are again paddling past (without noticing me), I am here.

       Source: Sii 06RG 431

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• See also:
  • ei this; here; now