Aparticle
Grammar
1 – usually repeatedContinuative: on and on and on
| Lai-te Tetevo ra ra ra ra – ka i-le ne velesebe.So they waited on Utupua, on and on and on — till they reached the middle season. |
see~le ② ⓒ▻⑦
~ra2 (i·)ra verb, transitive
Cf. ravioe ‘saliva’
spit
| Li-kanu ra ra li-ra abwa nabene.As they chew betelnut, what they spit out is red. |
re1 re
phrase finalDistal demonstrative: there, over there
| Alvaki. Tetake re. Utupua re.It was in Alvaki. Out there, over there in Utupua island. |
| basa re po i-wen' iu rethat mountain up over there |
| U-le u-wasu emele re u-min' ene![Go fix that girl for me] Please go and connect me with that girl! |
let go of, leave
1 – let go of ‹s.th.›, release, drop
| U-re mevia eo.[Release your breath!] Have a rest! |
| Menu ka i-re tengiro.The baby was shedding tears. |
| U-re bavede!Release the sail! |
2 – leave ‹s.th.› somewhere; put ‹s.th.› down, lay, set
| Voko iote pon li-re ne elene Lege ponu.They took stones and laid them down in the clearing of Lengge. |
3 – espset ‹trap›; cast ‹net›
| Kape la-re tetaki me la-labu neido konge ne ero.We will set a trap to catch small shrimps in the river. |
| Ne-le ne-re pele.I'm going net-fishing. |
hundred
| rea iune tamana tidione hundred and nine |
| rea tilu tamana kwatilitwo hundred fifty |
see lexical list attivi
Words of the sea ✧ revo
| revo | sea; sea water |
| revo i-kopine ; ~kopine | high tide |
| revo i-ma ; ~ma ③▻② | low tide |
| ole | beach, sand |
| touro | reef |
| toloto | lagoon |
| waiero | surf, wave |
| waiero peini vono | tidal wave |
| urene | ‹sea› calm |
| motono ; ngamuli | ocean, open sea |
| pwa motono | deep ocean |
| vilisa revo | sea spray |
| kidisa revo | salt |
| vioe peini revo | sea foam |
Sea
1 – sea, esp. marine zone surrounding the island and accessible on a daily basis (opp. ngamuli ‘ocean’)
| abilo peini revo seasnake |
| Ero i-pu i-abu i-vagasi revo.The river flows down to the sea. |
| Dapa kula li-abu revo, me le-labu namuko.The others slap the (sea) water, in order to catch the fish. |
| Kape le-loko ajekele le-iui ne revo.They're going to gather rubbish and throw it into the sea. |
| Ne basavono na, bwara temaka pe li-te ene bwara ka revo.noun predicate with Perfect ka ②It's quite possible that the place where [Lapérouse] stayed has nowadays turned to sea. |
Averb, intransitive
look
| Li-romo ñe duduko we damala pe Franis.They were looking through the spyglass of the French men. |
Bverb, transitive
1 – watch, look at ‹s.o., s.th.›
| U-rom' ene u-ejau!Watch me carefully! |
| Ni-romo lek’ one emele tae.I can't have any eye contact with my female cross-cousin. |
3 – tropative construction, foll. by secondary predicatefind ‹s.th., s.o.› to be so and so, mostly through visual perception
| A-ro wako?[You see (her) beautiful] Do you find her beautiful? |
| Ni-romo makone iaipa wako po pi-pinoe.[I see your dances (to be) good] I'm really enjoying those dances you've been performing. |
| Dapa li-romo i-aiae ngasune nga ene.about the payment of school feesThey find it (to be) difficult, as much as I do. |
Cverb, reflexive
be careful, beware
| U-rom' eo nara sa eo i-meli.romantic relationshipBe careful not to have you heart broken! |
synonymmata eo
