~ka¹ come, towards speaker or deictic centre / come from / [...]

Part of Speech	verb, intransitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)ka
Tanema Equivalent	~loma
Lovono Equivalent	~ma, ~mage

1. • come, towards speaker or deictic centre

   (Part of) Antonym (for)

   ~le

   • • Example 187:
       

       A-ka a-kae? – Ni-katau anoko ni-ka.

       How did you come? – I just followed the road. (I walked)

     • Example 1008:
       

       U-ka ko!

       Come here!

     • Example 1009:
       

       I-ka i-koie ne moe ka i-romo emel’ iape i-wene teve iawo.

       He came in the house and he saw his wife by the fire.

       Example Comment

       character's point of view

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003353#S14

     • Example 1010:
       

       Ba-ka ba-rom ngatene pon na!

       Come look at that thing here!

       Example Comment

       serial verb

2. • come from

   Syntactic Restriction

   foll. by locative

   • • Example 1011:
       

       Pi-ka vele?

       Where are you coming from?

3. • forthcoming, future

   Syntactic Restriction

   in time expressions

   • • Example 907:
       

       Kape ne-tabo ne-le metele iote pe kape i-ka na.

       I'll go again next month [lit. the other month that will come].

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ~ka² hither, this way / towards me or you / going on and on, towards now
• See also:
  • ~kamai bring ‹s.th., s.o.› here, towards deictic centre