tom sinana mother and child or children

Part of Speech	n2.constr
MWE Structure	n - n
Morphology	tom sinana
Gloss	DYAD mother-DEREL

• • mother and child or children
  • • kinship

  • • Example 2850:
      

      Amaa tom sinana na kaokahi ri nao naa Teapu, tea tabae a popo sa varuruva haana.

      I left the family in Teop, because the life (in the mountains) is not easy.

      Source: Mor 01E(Joy) 101

    • Example 7571:
      

      Eh! A bua sii tom sinana teara!

      Hey! Our daughter and her child!"

      Source: Mat 01E(Joy) 145

    • Example 7572:
      

      Eara kahi vaavoosu ri rara a bua tom sinana to rova roho.

      We will let the mother who had disappeared go home with her son.

      Source: Mat 01R 129

    • Example 7573:
      

      A peha sii bua tom sinana me na teitei roho teo vuri bona, ere Bukimeasun bo sinanae.

      At the same time, there lived a mother and her son, Bukimeasun and his mother.

      Source: Nah 02E(Eno) 003

Related entries

• See also:
  • bua two, both, a couple of (people or things)
  • maa² plural marker
  • peha² a; some; any
  • sii (expressing empathy) dear, poor; little; small
  • tom group of two or more people who are in a reciprocal kin relationship