-diro

See also: diro

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *-dri + *rua (“two”). Equivalent to -di + rua.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ⁿdiro/

Suffix

-diro

  1. A third-person dual possessive suffix.

Further reading

  • Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 365
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