ta² piece; bit

• • piece; bit
  • • quantification

  Comment

  Only used as the head of compounds. If modified, the modifying phrase is headed by <ta< 'piece'

  • • Example 2295:
      

      e ta huan vai to rosin niori

      it was this bit of rain, they ran away from

      Source: Sii 02R 229

    • Example 2505:
      

      Tavara. E ta naono to ipinoo bata raara o mata kave.

      Tavara. A piece of wood that we use for measuring the meshes of the net.

      Source: Eno 16W 156-157

    • Example 6726:
      

      Gono koa bona ta naono.

      (He) just got a stick.

      Source: Aro 02R 112

    • Example 6727:
      

      Na kana ri raara bona kakavei vai to paku riori bene ta maro.

      We scoop them up with the kakavei net that they make from a piece of cloth (i.e. the baby rabbitfish).

      Source: Sii 46W 028

    • Example 6728:
      

      O mabuu na potee koana bene ta naono vai e ta totobin koa.

      The trumpet fish just looks like a straight piece of wood.

      Source: Sii 46W 076

Related entries

• See also:
  • kakavei fishing net on a bamboo frame
  • mabuu² kind of trumpetfish
  • mata³ pieces
  • tavara piece of wood for measuring the meshes of a net
  • eta piece of something; a bit of something
  • mi³ special plural marker used with <ta2> 'piece, bit'
  • sa mata pieces of something