tauna
Example from Scripture
uda audia ta be tanobada ai do we miava, aniani avadia ta do se vara; badina be Dirava Iehova ese medu tanobada ai do se hadihoa, asi tauna danu tano ibiru-henina.
No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Yahweh God had not caused it to rain on the earth. There was not a man to till the ground,
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1 commentDefinite/specific singular of "tau" (man/person). Used to indicate a specific individual or as an agentive suffix forming occupational nouns: "hahelaḡa tauna" (470×) = priest, "hesiai tauna" (468×) = servant, "peroveta tauna" (220×) = prophet. "tauna ta" (443×) = a certain person. Compare: tau (generic), taudia (plural), taunimanima (mankind/humanity)
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