saavun ten

• • ten
  • • quantification

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  <saavun> functions as the head of NPs.

  • • Example 251:
      

      A peha dee kou na antee batana bono peho saavun koopu.

      One bundle consists of ten bamboos.

      Source:

      Eno 03W 016

    • Example 1107:
      

      A pura hiava teve na antee nana bono buaku saavun ato.

      Its height reaches 20 metres. (lit. Its growing up reaches 20 metres; i.e. the sloanea species called <borekape>)

      Source:

      Sii 31W 007

    • Example 6315:
      

      Enaa he tea kikira nia vaan, o peho saavun aba ge naba bebeera to teitei bata paana naa.

      When I was taking care of the village, ten people or chiefs were below me.

      Source:

      Mah 13E(Eno) 209-210

Related entries

• See also:
  • borekape big rainforest tree, big round leaves, straight boled yellow wood, grows to a height of 20 m
  • buaku saavun twenty
  • peho saavun ten
  • buaku saavun taonim twenty five
  • kukan saavun thirty
  • peha totoka saavun ato sixty yards
  • peho saavun buaku twelve
  • savusavun hundreds
  • taonim five