tauo1sp. var.ta-already, a word that emphasises that an action has been completedMoo oboi-ro du mia miꞌa tauo imaumodi maaka.My wife has prepared sago and soup already.Rimo peei ioiro oboi-ro tauo pomodau.The rising tide had already taken away our canoe.Moo mamui-ro tauo pireaꞌaa, moo iraꞌai raai.My mother had already seen what I had done.Moo ruu-ro taꞌi tauo paꞌai, moo ruu meree-ka.He has already paid my price, so I belong to him.Aaꞌo bubui rimo-ro tauo pireaꞌamo.; "Moo iraromo auꞌo hiꞌa tauo rodau maakaido, abeata.""I think that we have already gone a long way, my friend."; We already knew that commandment.Hiibai tauo pooꞌu peei kekai-da poduudio.A crocodile had already come and was lying in the water beside the canoes.
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