ó

prepositon marking the genitive.

preposition expressing the cause, the reason: because of (also i): e-tahataha-á te vaka o te tokerau. the boat rocks from side to side because of the wind.

lest, in order not to... e-ûi koe o higa, be careful not to fall.

sometimes used as conditional: if, whether; ina kai agiagi au o tu'u-mai te Matu'a, I don't know if the Padre has arrived.

article sometimes used preceding proper names; ó Hotu Matu'a, ó Santiago.

to answer saying "oh"; ana ragi te tagata ki te rua tagata, "hé koe?", he-ó-mai, he-kî: "ó, î au", when a man calls another, asking "where are you?" [the other] answers saying "oh, I am here."