nabunuu roho in former times; long ago

Part of Speech adv.constr
MWE Structure adv - adv
Morphology nabunuu roho
Gloss in.the.past before
    • in former times; long ago
      • time
      • Example 1389:
        Nabunuu roho enam na hikihiki ni roho o taba to dao nom nam bono sinivi.
        Long ago, we did not have the thing that we call canoe.
        Source: San 02E(Eno) 001
      • Example 4753:
        Nabunuu roho e Magaru a aba.
        Long ago, Earthquake was a person.
        Source: Val 02E(Eno) 054
      • Example 4754:
        Nabunuu roho eara a ta Teapu na vagavagana ni roho amaa kakukaku kave.
        In former times we Teop people fished with several kinds of nets.
        Source: Eno 21W 023

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  • See also:
    • roho before; before doing something else; a long time ago
    • ta Teapu Teop people