peana3 branch

Part of Speech n2
    • branch
      • plants
      • Comment <peana1< and <peana3> are homonyms. While <peana1> carries the derelational suffix <-na> and is a noun of the 3rd class (n3), <peana3> heads an inalienable construction. It is non-compositional and a noun of the 2nd class (n2).
      • Example 2943:
        O kara nae na ikuu gunaha taneo maana gina tea maa peana nae.
        Its aerial roots hang down from its branches high up. (i.e. the aerial roots of the ruhu ficus)
        Source: Sii 24W 085
      • Example 5486:
        A peana nae saka bebeera vira haana.
        Its branches are not very big.
        Source: Joy 19W 088

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