peha1 one; single: same; once

Part of Speech numeral
Morphology peha
Gloss one2.SG
    • one; single: same; once
      • quantification
    • 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:
        Ahiki 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.)
        Source: Pur 01E(Joy) 135
      • Example 2548:
        A 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 ...)
        Source: Mor 03R 018-019
      • Example 4963:
        Me subuava oraa paa pute bona peha nihi ne subuava.
        And the witch pulled out one tooth of the old woman.
        Source: Aro 04E(Eno) 056
      • Example 5156:
        Eori he baitono koa maa a moon tenaa he orere peha koa maa,
        They heard my wife screaming only once,
        Source: Pur 02E(Eno) 283
      • Example 5453:
        Eori to pate nao roho tea peha trip.
        They went together on the same trip.
        Source: Tav 01R 761
      • Example 5531:
        eove a peha vaa tea kan bebeera
        he was one of this council of chiefs
        Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 190
      • Example 5532:
        enaa peha vaa teo sumatin vaa Buin
        I was one of the students in Buin
        Source: Mor 01R 302
      • Example 5533:
        Ahiki 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, ...)
        Source: Nan 03E(Eno) 172-174

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