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Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands): Example 580
Word senses:
daviñevi
women: irregular plural of emele ‘woman’
~garei
ban, forbid ‹s.o.› (from doing, pe + clause)
temabete
semi-mat or simple mat: k.o. mat, smaller than the regular model awene, coarsely woven with one side of a coconut palm (bauluko)
Temabete me mawene, li-garei pe daviñevi li-te ene.
Women are forbidden from sitting on mats or semi-mats.
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Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands)
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Alexandre François
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