vuaba¹ one

• • one
  • • grammar

  Comment

  this substitute pronoun is marked by the same article as the NP it substitutes.

  • • Example 9496:
      

      Nao me kasi hiihii. Gono maa o vuaba vai o manoto. Goe maa tea gono o koobus."

      Go and dig ginger. Get a ripe one. Don´t get an unripe one."

      Source: Aro 08R 130-131

    • Example 9497:
      

      Ei inu tea moon vai na teitei me bona maa meha nahu to nahunahu nie. Ei kou mee sa paa nahunahu haa ni bona vuaba vai to kokopo taono e bono sii tagu one vai ei.

      In her house the woman had other pots that she used for cooking. This also meant that she did not cook with the one that she used to cover up this lump of clay.

      Source: Iar 02E(Eno) 008-009

    • Example 9498:
      

      Na tei me nana bono buaku o kaku haopi. O vuaba vai o beera na dao raara bono mataberam. O vuaba vai o vaarutaa na dao raara bono haopi suuna.

      There are two kinds of wrasse. The big one is called mateberam. The smaller one is called haopi suuna (genuine haopi).

      Source: Hel 09E(Sha) 002-004

Related entries

• See also:
  • aba² one; someone