mara a bit; sort of

Part of Speech adv
    • a bit; sort of
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      • Comment modifying a word or prefix of a noun denoting an object, a property or state of being
      • Example 4154:
        (O kala tabae?) O mara pereperee.
        (What colour?) A sort of green.
        Source: Iar 01R 609
      • Example 4155:
        O maraevo na tara potee ri rori bono evo
        The Tarpons look like the mackerels, (but they do not stay together with the mackerels).
        Source: Eno 11W 138
      • Example 4156:
        A iana vai a asiata a suin nae na mara kasikasiree vasihum nana bara na maramara gogooravi batana.
        The Spangled Emperor is a bit yellow and a bit red.
        Source: Sii 42W 123
      • Example 4157:
        O vihi tea pasuaromo a mara gogooravi.
        The tail of the emperor is reddish.
        Source: Sii 46W 044

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