tobara¹ group of young men

Part of Speech

n2

• • group of young men
  • • groups & collections

  Comment

  <tobara> is a plurale tantum of the n2-class.

  • • Example 128:
      

      O tobara babaaru am!

      You bunch of fools!

      Source: Aro 10E(Eno) 131

    • Example 7515:
      

      mepaa nomaa mepaa ma vurahe ri bono tobara otei eori he hio kasuana,

      (he) came and found the men's group sitting on the beach,

      Source: Sii 06RG 009

    • Example 7516:
      

      Meori paa "Eh! Tobara otei!"

      And they (exclaimed), "Hey! Boys!"

      Source: Mor 02R 025

Related entries

• See also:
  • kan¹ cohort; group of people of the same sex, age or status