Dictionaria -

Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands): Example 1203

Word senses:

li-ko so they say…: formula found in narratives, as the narrator reminds the audience that the story originates in hearsay or oral tradition

Li-ko Tamate ponu: mwaliko iote da emel’ iape.

[lit. “They say” the Tamate…] Here is the story of the Tamate spirits. Once upon a time, there was a man and a woman.

Example Comment: opening of narrative
Example URL: https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S1