meha1 another

Part of Speech determiner
Morphology meha
Gloss other2.SG
    • another
      • grammar
      • comment Similar to articles and the numerals 'one' and 'two' the determiner <meha/meho> inflects for noun class and number in agreement with the noun it specifies. <meha1> is only used in NPs headed by singular noun of the 2nd class, including the plural marker <maa2>.
      • Example 2064:
        A meha maa naono na hiki ni nana bona panapanaa.
        Other trees do not have any knotholes.
        Source:
        Mor 04E(Eno) 040
      • Example 4399:
        O korotoe a meha iana vaa namana.
        The korotoe is another fish of the deep-sea.
        Source:
        Eno 11W 113
      • Example 4400:
        A maraboro mee a meha iana vai to aniani raara.
        The purse-eyed scad is also another fish that we eat.
        Source:
        Sii 42W 060
      • Example 4401:
        tea meha maa vuri
        sometimes (lit. at other times)
        Source:
        Sii 07W 227
      • Example 4402:
        Meori paa paku pete bona amaa inu tea meha maa teacher vaa tea Bible College.
        (They built first the principal's house). After that they built the houses of the other teachers of the Bible College.
        Source:
        Mor 01R 641-643

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