noasi relative

Part of Speech n1/n2
    • relative
      • kinship
      • comment <noasi> is always preceded by <too> 'person' or by <ba>, the plural marker for kinship terms and followed by an inalienable possessor.
      • Example 4985:
        A ba noasiman to paa vaamee mau, a ta NaoKaripa vaa Doo.
        Your relatives had showed (the Japanese) the way, people of the NaoKaripa clan from Doo.
        Source:
        Eno Tah 01E(Eno) 080
      • Example 4986:
        Nomana ahiki ta aba to upehe nana bona too noasi nae.
        Today nobody thinks of about his or her relative.
        Source:
        Rum 01E(Joy) 154
      • Example 4987:
        A bua tom tana vai a bua too noasinae.
        This couple was his relatives.
        Source:
        Sia 01E(Joy) 011

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