ᦓᦱᧃnaan⁴2000nouna (long) period of timeᦺᦃᧉ ᦓᦱᧃ ᦠᦻ.The illness took a long time to heal.ᦂᦸ ᦍᦲᧃᧉ ᦉᦲᧃᧈ ᦋᦱᧆ ᦓᦱᧃ ᦺᦊᧈ.A ginkgo tree takes a long time to grow.ᦗᦸᧇ ᦁᧃ ᦘᦲᧄ ᦀᦸᧅᧈ ᦢᧁᧈ ᦓᦱᧃ ᦑᧁᧈ ᦺᦡ.A book that was printed not very long ago.ᦃᦱᧉ ᦑᧂ ᦜᦻ ᦙᦱ ᦅᦱᧉ ᦢᦱᧃᧉ ᦵᦙᦲᧂ ᦑᦲᧈ ᦐᦲᧉ ᦓᦱᧃ ᦺᦡᧉ ᧓ ᦔᦲ.We have been selling in this country for a period of three years.8.4.2.2A long timeᦵᦋᦲᧂᧉᦓᦱᧃᦙᦹᧃᦓᦱᧃᦠᦹᧂᦓᦱᧃᦠᦹᧂᦢᧁᧈᦓᦱᧃ