| Part of Speech | 2nd verb, intrans. |
| Phonetic Form | (i·)kae |
| Tanema Equivalent | ~ja, ~jive |
| Lovono Equivalent | ~wo, ~ñese |
| Lexical Function Gloss | how |
| Syntactic Restriction | V2 in serialisation, with subject agreement |
| (Part of) Synonym (for) |
Example 187:
A-ka a-kae? – Ni-katau anoko ni-ka.How did you come? – I just followed the road. (I walked)
Example 1022:
Kape le-te le-kae?How could they have remained there?