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Both of these forms are also used to denote purpose: noko deu ni lae 
I am making to go, ‘oke lae wai (wau 1) leesie, go and see it. 
Other forms of the genitive are li, si: haulihane, maaliholo, qa‘usi 
henue, tangist hudt. 
A genitive relation is also shown by the use of the suffixed pronoun 
of the third person singular or plural in agreement with the idea 
expressed in the second noun of the pair; 7 reune tala by the side of the 
way, ulolada maitale the cry of the poor. The suffiixed pronoun may be 
used in the singular when the idea is collective or the second noun car- 
ries the sense of totality, tlengine mu nume on the tops of the houses. 
The ordinary possessive idea is shown by simple juxtaposition: 
nima inau my house, ‘usu inge‘te his dog. 
The instrumental prefix 7 is common: kau to hook, ikeu a hook for 
gathering fruit; danu to bale, idenu a baler. 
4. Plural: Definite plurality is marked by the presence of the arti- 
cles mui, mu, mwai, mwa, used of both persons and things; nga may be 
prefixed to these and the word hunge, many, may be added: mu ‘inont, 
nga mu ‘inont, men, mwa hanua hunga the crowd, everybody. 
The numeral walu eight is used to express an indefinite number: 
walu henue all the lands, walu malau all the islands, the world, walu- 
tana ola S., walutent ola U. every thing. r 
To a noun dhuta— denoting totality (ahu to be complete) the pro- 
noun of the third person singular and of all persons in the plural is 
sufixed in agreement with the noun: dhutana sapeku my whole body, 
Ghutana sapeda all their bodies, sapeda adhutada the bodies of them all, 
ahutakara‘’t both of us, ahutamelu all of us. 
To to‘ohuu S. real, nga is suffixed and the personal pronoun na is 
added: to‘ohuungana nga ola, the real thing, mu to‘ohuunge‘i ola real 
things. 
To itei S. which, a is suffixed and the personal pronoun na is added: 
iteitana one, any. ‘This is used only with the negative particles ka‘a, 
sa‘a, and thus comes to mean, no one, nothing: e ka‘a iteitana nga me‘t 
ola there is nothing at all. With this may be compared the use of 
isei in Mota as the indefinite pronoun, some one. 
A noun hike is used with the suffixed pronoun to express of, from 
among: ¢ ro ini hikada two men of them. 
Two nouns, mwai U. mwei S. and kei, are used with the adjective 
tata‘ala or with its short form ta‘a to express an endearing or a commis- 
erating sense; mwai, mwei being used of men, ket of women: mwat 
tata‘ala inau my poor fellow, ket ta‘a pdine dear lady. 
Sa‘a has a plural 1 in maent which is generally used in the vocative: 
maeni ‘inoni sirs, maent mwela children. 
In mwela child the plural is formed by reduplication, mwemuela S. 
children. 
A unit is expressed in Sa‘a by ‘ata: ‘enite ‘ata how many, “e ro ‘ata 
two. 
