word; horo to horohoro repetition of the whole word with the omission of the inner consonant in the former member. rahi to rairahi It can also be used to form plurality of words. For example, mere means child while meramera means children. Morphology Prefixes Adjective Prefixes Prefixes that precede some adjectives include ma-, taʻi-, take-, tara-, and tata-. Verb Prefixes There are causative and reciprocal prefixes that are added to the beginning of verbs. The causative prefix is ha'a, while the reciprocal prefix is hai and can indicate a change or addition when adverb or'u is added. There are a few that may also be prefixed to nouns and adjectives as well. Plurality Moi and mo precede nouns to indicate plurality. For example, mo hanua iwera can mean either 'many lands' or 'many people'. Suffixes Noun Suffixes Pronouns can be suffixed to other words to either add on to or change the meaning of a word. This is used mainly to show possession of an object with a noun. For example, maa 'eye' can be suffixed with the first person singular possessive suffix -ku to create maaku 'my eye'. In other cases, pronouns can be added as a suffix to verbs or prepositions to reference the object of the sentence. Adjective Suffixes The endings -ʻa and -taʻa are placed in back of some adjectives. Verb Suffixes Suffixes may be included at the end of verbs in order to indicate gender. There are two forms of suffixes that can be added to verbs. The first is i which can stand by itself or with a consonant added prior to it. The second form is the termination of a'i which is suffixed to nouns to make the words into verbs. Syntax Word Order The word order for Oroha sentence structure is typically Subject, Verb, Object (SVO). Adjectives tend to take place after the noun. Verb particles are placed before verbs. Example sentence: Word Classes Nouns Nouns can be categorized into two set: (1) verbal nouns and (2) independent nouns. Verbal nouns are produced when adding -na, -ta, -ra, -raa, -ha, or -h to the end of a verb root. For example, mae 'to die' can be suffixed to create the derived form maena 'death'. This same derivational process can also be applied to adjectives, as in sieni 'good' and sienina 'goodness'. Independent nouns are created using na, which is added to the