meam2 your (pl.)

Part of Speech pron
Morphology me-am
Gloss 2PL.POSS-2PL.PRON
    • your (pl.)
      • grammar
    • Comment The <meam> 'your (pl.)' consists of the possessive marker <me> and the pronoun <am> 'you (pl.)'. <meam> can be interpreted and written as a sequence of two suffixes of an inalienably possessed noun, e.g. <subu-me-am> your (pl.) 'grandparent' or as a separate word, e.g. <kavara me-am> 'all of you'.
      • Example 4364:
        Kao te subumeam.
        Go to your grandmother.
        Source: Aro 01(Eno)
      • Example 4365:
        Kavara meam amaa subusubuava?
        All of you old women?
        Source: Iar 01R 421

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