ria³ possessive marker combined with an article

• • possessive marker combined with an article
  • • grammar

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  Collective nouns like <ta Teapu> 'Teop people', and nouns quantified by cardinal numerals take the singular article of the 2nd class, but are cross-referenced the plural possessive marker <ri>.

  • • Example 1100:
      

      Enaa saka nata haa ni nom a hena ria bua otei to nomaa roho tea mee bari.

      I don't know the names of the two men who came to take him.

      Source:

      Sia 01R 149

    • Example 3165:
      

      Kavara ria ta Teapu paa rosin tagihu.

      All of the Teop people escaped into the bush.

      Source:

      Sii 02R 137

    • Example 3906:
      

      Arovi: Enam he rosin bata nao menam paa no suguna Torokina kuri ria Amerika, Australia ae a New Zealand.

      When we were fleeing, we arrived at Torokina and got into the hands of the Americans, Australians and New Zealanders.

      Source:

      Eno Aro 01E 037

Related entries

• See also:
  • hena name
  • kavara¹ all; totality
  • kuri hand; arm; foreleg
  • ria¹ object marker combined with an article
  • ria² imperfective aspect marker combined with an article
  • ihuihu beebebeahu having long noses or beaks
  • ri³ This marker that links a 3rd person plural possessor to the preceding noun