Dictionaria -

Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands): Example 2297

Word senses:

tadoe ancestral spirit, representing the soul of an ancestor. These anonymous, invisible spirits haunt the island and live around humans
tevie… tevie… one side, the other side; hence partly X, partly Y

Dapa na ngatene nga tevie mwaliko, tevie nga li-romo nga tadoe.

These are special creatures, half man, half spirit.

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Example URL: https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S76