~dai1 surround ‹s.th.›, go around ‹a place› / (go) around, (go) along [...]

Part of Speech verb, transitive
Phonetic Form (i·)ⁿdai
Lovono Equivalent ~dai
    • surround ‹s.th.›, go around ‹a place›
    • Syntactic Restriction often V2 in serial pattern
      • Example 520:
        Noma, uña toñaki van li-ka li-dai temaka i-katau uña basakulumoe.
        In the olden days, large ships would sail around the archipelago, going from island to island.
      • Example 521:
        Tetawene i-wen’ i-dai moe na.
        The drawings were running around the walls of the house.
    • (go) around, (go) along ‹a group+›
    • Syntactic Restriction distributive meaning
      • Example 522:
        Kape n-ajau kopi abia me le-waga i-dai kulumoe iakapa.
        I'll make many copies so we can distribute them around in the village.

Related entries

  • Heterosemes:
    • ~dai2 (go) around, (go) in circle