tom tana couple (husband and wife)

Part of Speech	n2.constr
MWE Structure	n - n
Morphology	tom tana
Gloss	DYAD couple

• • couple (husband and wife)
  • • kinship

  • • Example 3047:
      

      Evehe a bua tom tana, a bua kare vavahio na tei rori.

      But there was (also) a couple who had just recently been married.

      Source: Aro 07R 004

    • Example 7577:
      

      Amaa tom tana vai paku pete vai bona sikuuru, ...

      These couples also created a school, ...

      Source: Pur 01R(Pur) 105

Related entries

• See also:
  • amaa basic singular article of the 2nd class attached to the plural marker
  • bua two, both, a couple of (people or things)