edi1possessive: general category used with physical objectEdi numa gegesina yai, numa esa tau miaina, doga i halibadi, i go...A person beside their house spoke to them, one who lived in another house, and he said...Edi kago wa, ena aba antulu.(They have) a place where their cargo is offloaded.2possessive: general category used with location.
ediba1they say2they say: introducing a direct quotationEna luma gahuna tie ita, ediba, "Luma, em luma, nuana tie gabu."They the smoke from his house, and they said, "The house, perhaps they've burned your house down."3they say is: giving the name of some thing or place.I dobi dun esa, ediba, "Yabalele."he went down to a certain village which they say is Yabalele.
eee--pfxkeep on untilGana yai ti paisoa eee--, maimailahi ti huyoma dun.They kept on working in the garden until in the afternoon they returned to the village.
e'esa1one2a certainHasala wa age i liba, enaba, bena ana waiunu e'esa.The young woman did not speak, she said (to herself), it might be one of her enemies."
Ela'elaEla'elaI nenesae Ela'ela sagasaga yai.He crawled up Ela'ela stream.
'elipierce, toTau mulita wa bigana ie eli.It pierced through the back of the man in back.
eligali1shred s.th., to2strip s.th., toEna maina i eligali. Ena alahia matana ie au.He shredded his bush string, (and) he tied the tip of his spear.
'emyour.SG [GPC]Ena luma gahuna tie ita, ediba, "Luma, em luma, nuana tie gabu."They the smoke from his house, and they said, "The house, perhaps they've burned your house down."
ena11his [GPC]2her [GPC]3possessive: general category, used with physical objectI itasae, bonali ie ita, ena du'obi'o i ha'obi'o.He looked up. He saw the limestone, (so) he erected his houseposts.4possessive: general category, used with locationIa iyala tauna. Ena aba mia bonali yai, bonali oyana yai.He was a fighting man. Where he lived was in the limestone, on a limestone mountain.
ena21when2ifTi hamaisadi. Moni yai, e ena ti paisoa doha sabati, nate kuku yai.They pay them. (It is) with money, or if they work like (for) a week, then it is (with) tobacco.
enaba1say, to2he says3say (3rd sg): introducing a direct quote.Enaba, "Yau Liuna. Na omi esa hai?"He said, "I am Liuna. but who are you?"4say (3rd sg): introducing an indireect quote.Hasala wa age i liba, enaba, bena ana waiunu e'esa.The young woman did not speak, she said (to herself), it might be one of her enemies."
enadi1theirs2theirEnadi tau uli'uli.(They have) their clerks.
'eno2sleep, toHasala wa age i eno maiyona yai wa, pa'ana natuna ie tan.In the night, the young woman did not sleep, because her child cried.
'enope'isleep soundly, toNa Liuna. . . ena dodoga maudo'idi luma na'ona yai ti enope'i.But all of Liuna's people were sleeping soundly inside the house.
esa11detone2certainMoiya esa hesana Salihua.There was a certain fish called Salihua.Tau baguna esa, i baguna alili, na alahia wa i dobi'eli.One who was first, was very far ahead, and the spear fell down without piercing him.
esaguname, myNate bomna wa esana Bom Oso'oso, widi duadualina yai.That pool is called Bom Oso'oso, Coughing Pool, in the middle of the bush.
esau1one2certain3otherIe sae isu esau hesana Isu Hawahawasa.He went up to a place called Hawahawasa Point.
'esega1number, used to quantify a head noun.Ta'iede luma wa tie gabu. Ti hutugudu. Age begana doga esega ie mia.Then they burned the house. They closed in on it. Not one person remained alive.2number, used as a substitute for a head noun.Esega dumaduma mo ne, i mauli.Just one of them there was alive.