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Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands): Example 862
Word senses:
idi
‘people’, ‘one’, ‘they’: 3rd plural impersonal pronoun for human referents
tamate
mask, headdress worn during the tamate ritual dances, representing the tamate spirits
Tamate li-romo wako, ia idi li-madau.
The dancing masks were beautiful, but scary. [lit. but one feared them]
Example URL
https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S162
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Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands)
by
Alexandre François
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