ihuihu beebebeahu having long noses or beaks

Part of Speech n2.constr
MWE Structure n - adj
Morphology ihu-ihu bee-bebeahu
Gloss RED-nose RED-long
    • having long noses or beaks
      • body & health
      • Comment In inalienable possessive constructions referring to the same kind of body part of more than one person or animal, the form of the NP is singular as in <a ihu ria abana> 'the beaks of these guys' in [Sii 43W 062], but the predicative NP < ihuihu beebebeahu> is marked for distributional plurality by reduplication and takes the plural article <o> ART2.PL
      • Example 780:
        A ihu ria abana vaarii o ihuihu beebebeahu.
        The beaks of these guys are long. (lit. are long beaks - i.e. the beaks of the birds called tookeukeu )
        Source: Sii 43W 062

Related entries

  • See also:
    • abana1 men; people
    • ihu1 nose (of humans and animals); beak
    • ria3 possessive marker combined with an article
    • tookeukeu Dwarf Kingfisher