148 GRAMMAR OF SA‘A AND ULAWA. 
G. RELATIVE PRONOUNS. 
There are no relative pronouns. Their place is supplied by various 
locutions. 
1. The sufhixed pronoun: ineu ‘ie kire usunge‘inieu mei | am he whom 
they sent. The addition of the demonstratives na 8. 11 U. serves to 
make the meaning clearer: inge‘ie a porona kire ko ‘unue he is the person 
whom they speak of. 
2. By the use of a coordinate clause: i‘emzi ‘ie mwala e tahangie “asi we 
are the people who came through the sea. 
H. POSSESSIVES. 
There are three possessives in Sa‘a and Ulawa. 
1. The first is used only of things to eat and drink, with the stem ‘a 
to which the pronouns are sufhxed. In the first and second person 
singular ‘e S. ‘a U. is added, and this ‘e or ‘a is replaced by ‘i when 
several things are in view for one person to eat. 
Sa‘ a. ULAWA. 
Singular: Singular: 
1. ‘aku‘e, ‘aku‘t. 1. ‘aku‘a, ‘aku‘s. 
2. ‘amu‘e, ‘dmu'‘t. 2. ‘amu‘a, ‘amu‘t. 
‘ie 3. ‘ana. 4 3. ‘ana. 
ual: ual: 
Inclusive: 1. ‘akara‘i, ‘akaru‘e. Inclusive: 1. ‘akara‘t. 
Exclusive: 1. ‘amere‘t, ‘ameru‘e. Exclusive: 1. ‘amere‘i. 
2. ‘amoro‘l, ‘amoro. 2. ‘amoro‘t, ‘amoro. 
3. ‘adaru‘e, ‘adaru‘t. 3. ‘adaru‘a, ‘adaru‘t. 
Plural: Plural: 
Inclusive: 1. ‘aka, ‘aka‘elu. Inclusive: 1. ‘aka, ‘aka‘elu. 
Exclusive: 1. ‘amami, ‘amelu. Exclusive: 1. ‘amami, ‘amelu. 
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2 ‘amiu, ‘amolu. . ‘amiu, ‘amolu. 
3. ‘ada, ‘ada‘elu. 3. ‘ada, ‘ada‘elu. 
Examples: hoi niu ‘eku‘e a coconut for me to eat, ‘o ta ‘amu‘i take 
them to eat. 
In Ulawa the change of ‘a to ‘e after 7 or wu in the first and second 
singular is optional. 
When the sense relates to food in general and not to a particular meal 
the ordinary personal pronouns are employed: mu ngeulaa 1‘emelu our 
food. 
2. The second possessive is nd with which a sufhixed pronoun is used 
only as meaning mine, or, for me, and never with a noun, as e. g., Maori 
toku, toku rima my hand. It is declined in the same way as the pre- 
ceding: moola nana atei things for whom? moola namu‘i things for you, 
da nakara‘i take for you and me, dsu nemu‘e work for you. In the 
third person plural an additional form nanz is used. 
3. The third possessive is similar in form to the first, but is used 
without the final a in the first and second persons singular, and the 
stem is d and not ‘a; likewise dni is found in place of ada in the third 
person plural when the reference is to things and not to persons. The 
meaning is belonging to, with, at: nga naihi emu have you a knife with 
