True Motu Dictionary

💬 human beings considered collectively AI-assisted grammar analysis: taudia functions as a collective noun referring to human beings as a group rather than as individually enumerated persons. In Genesis it is commonly used in contexts involving ancestry, population-wide identity, blessing or curse, and shared human destiny. The term emphasizes collective human scope rather than individual roles.

💬 Indefinite singulative/distributive marker. Follows nouns to single out one instance: "tau ta" = a man, "ḡau ta" = a thing. "ta ta" = each/every. Distinct from cardinal "tamona" (one).

💬 Definite/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)