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e. 1. used to make a construct form, added to the first of two nouns, fuli abae ai, man's handiwork; toloe fera, a hill; when the first noun ends in a, ae is contracted into e, aqale mwae, ten bags; fufue ai, seed; when the first noun ends in o, the oe is contracted into e; abolo, piece, abole ai, log. Cf. Mota, construct form of nouns, where the ending of the first noun may be altered to e.
e. 2. pers. pron. sing. 3. he, she, it, used to precede nia when the meaning is, there is, it is: na liqa gera enia ada, they have their holes; ma te ai enia i luma, there is only one person in the house; generally used of the neuter; e langi, no, not; e langi ana, it is lost; e langi o si sulu isulia, you must not follow him; e sui na, it is finished; e uta, how? S. e.
e. 3. v. p., used with numerals and with fita; e rua. two; e fita, how many? S. e.
eela adj., lazy; noni eela, lazy.
eelenga (na) n., the end of, its end.
eeo v. i., to be crooked.
ele v. i., to desire, used with uri; ele uria, desirous of it.
elela v. n., rejoicing.
elea adj., joyfully.
eli, elieli v. tr., to dig.
elila v. n., digging. S. eli.
enia pers. pro. sing. 3. he, she, it; enia naane, that is so; gele mwela enia ada, the small child (he) was with them. Cf. e. 2.
eqetaini v. tr., to remit, forego.
ere 1. n., fire; alu ere ana, to set fire to; si ere, a firestick.
ere 2. v. tr., to plait.
ereere v. tr., used as prep., round about.
ereila adj., round in shape. S. ere.
erisi v. tr., to dispatch, send. qaierisi.
eta numeral, one; eta inao fua, to be in front of, to lead.
etana, ordinal, first, the first time. S. eta.