True Motu Dictionary

💬 raruosi dual collective relational marker; refers to exactly two persons functioning as a single relational unit, especially where shared action, shared state, or shared responsibility is grammatically intended. Optional usage note: Often introduces a joint subject after which actions and states apply to the pair as one.

💬 Linguistic Context: Verb meaning "to conceive" or "become pregnant". Reduplicated form (rogorogo). Common pattern: "e rogorogo e mara" (she conceived and gave birth). Used for the state of pregnancy: "dibana vada e rogorogo" (she knew she had conceived). Also as noun: "emu rogorogo hisina" (your conception pain / pain in childbearing - Genesis 3:16). Causative form: "harogorogo" (to impregnate, cause to conceive). Often paired with "mara" (give birth) in birth narratives.