Part of Speech | numeral |
Morphology | peha |
Gloss | one2.SG |
Comment | <peha> is used in counting, e.g. 'one, two, three ...', and in NPs with a singular article of the 2nd class, i.e. <a>, <bona>, and <ta>. |
Example 103:
Source: Pur 01E(Joy) 135Ahiki ta peha teori to doana roho. Na gono bona maa kiu amaa bebeera.None of them had failed, (They) got big jobs. (lit. There wasn't one of them who had failed.)
Example 2548:
Source: Mor 03R 018-019A peha sii otei he ahiki ta vaabuakunae mene itao ki bona beori hua batari tahii.But one poor man did not have a partner to sit in the back (of the canoe) for him when they were paddling in the sea. (lit. But one poor man, it did not exist any partner for him for sitting in the back ...)
Example 4963:
Source: Aro 04E(Eno) 056Me subuava oraa paa pute bona peha nihi ne subuava.And the witch pulled out one tooth of the old woman.
Example 5156:
Source: Pur 02E(Eno) 283Eori he baitono koa maa a moon tenaa he orere peha koa maa,They heard my wife screaming only once,
Example 5453:
Source: Tav 01R 761Eori to pate nao roho tea peha trip.They went together on the same trip.
Example 5531:
Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 190eove a peha vaa tea kan bebeerahe was one of this council of chiefs
Example 5532:
Source: Mor 01R 302enaa peha vaa teo sumatin vaa BuinI was one of the students in Buin
Example 5533:
Source: Nan 03E(Eno) 172-174Ahiki mee benaa an ta peha sii iana tea iana vai, to vagana nao noman, ...I also never ate a single fish from the fish, that you caught, (only bones and stones, ...)