Dictionaria -

Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands): Example 2129

Word senses:

ponu clause topicalizer: marks a clause as backgrounded, before introducing a foregrounded main clause; hence ‘since X…, Y’, or ‘as X…, Y’, or ‘X…, then Y’
vitoko soon; be about to

Ka vitoko pe la-koie ponu la-lengi dapa.

As they were about to land, they heard some voices.

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