taena ruene mouth of the river

• • mouth of the river
  • • environment

  Comment

  In Eno 11W 013 the <maa> in <taena maa ruene> is a plural marker.

  • • Example 921:
      

      A bero amaa vuri eara repaa vurahe riori taena maa ruene ae tea maa hana taataana.

      Often, we find them (the mullets) at the river mouths and along the places where we can walk during low tide.

      Source: Eno 11W 013

    • Example 1080:
      

      A aranavi na teitei nana namana bara taena maa ruene ae tea boon.

      The aranavi snapper stays in the ocean, at the mouth of rivers, and in the mangrove swamp.

      Source: Vaa 09W 020

    • Example 6864:
      

      taena ruene vai a beera Aetaa

      at the mouth of the big river at Aitaa

      Source: Mah 01R 080

Related entries

• See also:
  • ruene¹ river
  • boon² mangroves; mangrove swamp
  • tae² rear; back; bottom