talemerën taləmərɛn proper noun
Astronomy
breaking (tale) daylight (merën)Venus, the Morning Star
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“Talemerën”, ne iē vit pe venvēn me li metave qen̄qen̄.“Venus” is the name of a star that appears in the early morning.
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taterihe tatərihə adjective
<°tatarisa
conform to a norm or an expectation
1 – quantityenough, sufficient (in relation with a specific need); somet. equal
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Ne la vetel hi të vevët, kilale të na taterihe hivike.Three or four kava cups, I guess this should be enough for you.
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Tate taterihe të ge rak ne gengën vë luwō.It's not necessary to make too big a meal today.
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2 – qualityproper, adequate, conform to a norm; hence perfect
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Nihe tat rak n' ēve taterihe.They didn't perform the proper rituals.
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Da wë nōk na taterihe.It's perfect like that!
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3 – s.o.can, be allowed (to do s.th., të)
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Nike tate taterihe të we vēn il.You cannot (i.e. are not allowed to) come in.
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taveli taβəli
Anoun, relational
+ nounside of ‹s.th.›
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taveli metōthe right side
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taveli gelowethe left side
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Bpreposition
+ nounon the other side of, beyond
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taveli merēmeon the other side of the world (the antipodes)
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taveligë taβəliɣɛ locative
1 – + locativeon (this) side — involving a contrast between two sides
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taveligë deh rōw mefurther on this side (seawards)
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taveligë ilon the inland side
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2 – fig+ possessiveon the side ofconcerning, about ‹s.th., s.o.›
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Nie na lōlmerën pi taveligë i wuhe.He knows a lot |ui{on} medicinal plants. [lit. on the side of plants]
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Noke na lōlmerën ē n' ēve pah taveligë mēke.I know everything about you [lit. on your side]
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të2 tɛ Tense Aspect Mood marker
+ orderindicates a polite order
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Kemi ge vuse të!Come on, speak (please)!
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tën pelepale tɛn pələpalə noun
Architecture
groundsill, bottom plate: a series of horizontal beams laid on the ground around a house structure, functioning as a plinth and as support for the bamboo walls (papen̄ite)
të (S) ake tɛ … akə Tense Aspect Mood marker
1sgtë k' ake2sgtë w' ake3sgtë n' akeDualtë ōr akePl.të g' ake
1 – Future tense
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Dōr të g' ake da togin davetënie?How are we going to prepare it?
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Na gëwie! Të n' ake gëwie që!No problem, it'll get better!
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Nike të w' ake qotgelgōl ē!You're goin' to get drunk!
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Të dege të g' ake hawe?Are we going to dance?
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2 – rarein the apodosis after a counterfactual hypothesisequivalent of Eng. past conditional
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Tewë të te not ne metēne si, nie të n' ake mēteqa ē.Had he received a blow on his eyes, he would have become blind.
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te1 tə noun
<°to(β)uPOc*topu
te2 tə Tense Aspect Mood marker
Motati
after Imperative formConative form
te3 tə preposition
<{~}°taMotata
1 – +locativefrom, of (such-and-such a place)
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ne gengën te letefood from the garden
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ne tarō te veniedetaro from our country (traditional taro)
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ne rog te li pē[shrimps from the river] freshwater shrimps
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resiga te li metëvenie kia woman from this village
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heqere te metëvenie te Hiwthe people from the village of Hiw
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ne vegevage te Lōthe language of Lo
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ne vegevage te Franis[the language of France] French
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Nike na te vë?Where are you from?
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SyntaxComes immediately either after a noun, or after the predicative particle na.
2 – figfrom, of (such-and-such a time)
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heqere te li venone sëpeople from the olden days
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tethēn̄e tətheŋə noun
Architecture
axial pillar, dividing each façade of the house in two, extending from the crest to the ground
tetpit tətpit noun
Architecture
pillar, main vertical post supporting the roof structure of a house
tiniēpe tiniepə noun
POc°tano-i ebaplace of pandanus-mat*qebal
place where the pandanus-leaf mat (ēpe) is laidbed
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Nie v'in ri tiniēpe mē.He is lying on his bed.
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tul tʉl
Motatulsink
Averb, intransitive
Reduptultul
fall in a deep place, sink; drown
Bverb, transitive
sink ‹s.th.› (typic. into water); esp. cast ‹net, fishing-line›
tultul go
tul ne go
phrasal verb
sink the hookangle, fish with a fishing-line and a hook
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Noke vēn ke tul ne go li lēme.I'm going to “sink the hook” in the sea (i.e. I'm going angling).
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tul qian̄e phrasal verb
sink the netfish with a fishing-net
tul megale tʉl məɣalə noun
rice
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ne veg i puluk mi ne tul megalebeef with rice
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ture tʉrə noun
Architecture
stud: vertical post erected around a house structure, attached to the groundsill (tën pelepale), and functioning as support for the bamboo walls (papen̄ite)
contrasts withtetpitmain pillar