eori they

Part of Speech pron
Morphology e-ori
Gloss H-3PL.PRON
    • they
      • grammar
      • Comment The heavy 3rd person plural pronoun functions as the topical subject in [Val 02R 028] and [Sia 01R 120-121] and as a left dislocated topic in [Aro 01R 004-005].
      • Example 794:
        ... tabae eori a bua otei a bua beera a bua kikis.
        ... because they, the two men, were two powerful chiefs.
        Source: Val 02R 028
      • Example 1397:
        A taem bona mee, eori a buaku paa vaogaoga habana.
        At that moment, too, the two of them cried together again.
        Source: Sia 01R 120-121
      • Example 1398:
        Eori he ahiki ta ruene, na garugaru miraa koa roho.
        When they did not have water, they just went to shake the dew (off the leaves).
        Source: Aro 01R 004-005

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