paruparu black; dark

Part of Speech adj
Morphology paru-paru
Gloss RED-black
    • black; dark
      • colours & patterns
      • Comment the reduplicated form <paruparu> seems to be only used as the head of predicates, if the subject refers to a plurality of items
      • Example 5412:
        A suin riori na paruparu vasiihum bata koana.
        Their bodies are only a bit black. (i.e. the bodies of the barii drummers)
        Source: Vaa 09W 059
      • Example 5413:
        Meha papana o paruparu, maa meha he o girogiroasi.
        Some are black, others are colourful. (i.e. chromis)
        Source: Vaa 09W 229

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