suku bene because of this; for the reason that

Part of Speech prep.constr
MWE Structure prep - dem
Morphology suku bene
Gloss because.of DEM4
    • because of this; for the reason that
      • grammar
      • Example 860:
        Suku bene e Vivite kou, to sinana ni na bono kasuana vai, to vamatemate a tavaan vaari.
        For the reason that Vivite is the one, who mothers this land, where all these people died.
        Source: Vos 02R(Vos) 075-077
      • Example 864:
        Teo piuvu, paa kom vaha vori suku bene eori a ta NaaKahi kou to matemate enei, ha?
        During the piuvu dance, they would step again (on the land) for the reason that they were members of the NaaKahi clan who had died here, ha?
        Source: Vos 02R(Vos) 162-163

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