5. To express, of, from, among: _ati mwane agamu_ what man of you?

6. The forms ending in _lu_ denote a restriction in the number of

the people concerned.

7. The adverb _afoa_ apart is also followed by the possessive: _afoa

ana_ apart from him.

8. It will be seen that the one possessive in Lau does the work of

the three that are used in Sa'a. A Port Adam man asking for a wife

at Sa'a and saying _geni ana_ (as has happened at times) would be

asked whether he wanted to eat her--the Sa'a use being _keni nana_,

_'ana_ being reserved of things to eat.

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