vaa like (similar to); about; from; of

• • like (similar to); about; from; of
  • • grammar

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  The linker combines with adverbs or prepositional phrases introduced by the multipurpose preposition <te>. The linker construction may function as a predicate or an attribute

  • • Example 3136:
      

      ... are paa gono koa o hum vai to vaa teo kateni nana.

      (We cut its shell open,) then we just get the part that is like cotton.

      Source:

      Sii 31W 035

    • Example 4979:
      

      Enaa tau vahutate nio vahutate vaa teo tobara keusu.

      I am going to tell a story about a group of rats.

      Source:

      Val 01R 001

    • Example 6240:
      

      O vahara beiko vaa nomana na hiki rori to culture.

      The children of today do not have any culture.

      Source:

      Rum 01R 419

    • Example 7798:
      

      A peha vaa teori gono vai bona.

      One of them got it.

      Source:

      Aro 08E(Eno) 007

    • Example 7799:
      

      O matapaku vaa tea vavahio.

      The custom of marriage.

      Source:

      Daa 01R 004

    • Example 7800:
      

      Amaa vahara beiko vaa vahiava mee.

      The children from the mountains, too.

      Source:

      Pur 01E(Joy) 076

    • Example 7801:
      

      E teiee to aheahe vaa tea keara tenaa?

      Who is singing like my brother?

      Source:

      Mom 01R 050

    • Example 7802:
      

      Evehee na tavus vaa tea oraa nana.

      But it comes out like a demon.

      Source:

      San 03R 093

    • Example 7803:
      

      Saka o naono haana, saka pura hiava vaa teo naono haana.

      It is not a tree; it does not grow high like a tree.

      Source:

      Joy 19W 090