~ejau ngatene do something, act / be cooking; prepare a meal

Part of Speech	verb-object idiom
Phonetic Form	(i·)eᶮɟau ŋatene
Tanema Equivalent	~adau vamora
Lovono Equivalent	~lapie vesemele
Morphology	~ejau + ngatene

1. • do something, act

   Literally	make things
   Syntactic Restriction	literally

   • • Example 662:
       

       Ka po li-ejau ngatene pon awoiu.

       So that’s what they did.

     • Example 663:
       

       Dapa li-ejau ngatene susuko tae.

       They didn't do (the ritual) correctly.

2. • be cooking; prepare a meal

   Sense Comment	esp
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	~apinu

   • • Example 664:
       

       Li-te li-ejau ngatene.

       [They are sitting, making things] They are cooking.

Related entries

• See also:
  • ~la ngatene¹ work, do some work / get into action, be used
  • ~ejau¹ do ‹s.th., ngatene›, act in a certain way / make, create, prepare ‹s.th.› / prepare ‹food›, cook ‹s.th.› / provide ‹medicine›, prepare (for s.o., ñe) / make up ‹story, piene›, fabricate / make ‹s.th. happen›, make ‹s.o. do s.th.›: Causative
  • none² food / meal, dinner; esp. collective meal, feast