~kamai bring ‹s.th., s.o.› here, towards deictic centre

Part of Speech	verb, transitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)kamai
Proto-Form	Vaeakau-Taumako: ka mai
Tanema Equivalent	~lamo
Lovono Equivalent	~manei

• • bring ‹s.th., s.o.› here, towards deictic centre

  Encyclopedic Info	Synt.: Often the object is expressed in preceding clause, and not repeated after ~kamai.
  (Part of) Antonym (for)	~lui

  • • Example 400:
      

      U-le u-bi avie, me u-kamai, me le-sai ñe kava.

      Go pick some Malay apples, and bring them so we can eat out the taste of kava.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S42

    • Example 1030:
      

      mwaliko po i-kamai tamate pon

      the man who brought the Tamate masks [to this island]

    • Example 1031:
      

      Kupa pi-kamai monone apilaka ne pe-ko me pe-kamai i-wene tev' eo.

      We have brought here this small chest, with the idea to leave it with you.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003269#S8

Related entries

• See also:
  • ~lui causative of ~le ‘go’: make ‹s.o., s.th.› go somewhere, hence take away, carry / take ‹s.th.› somewhere, carry / take ‹s.o.› somewhere or away
  • ~ka¹ come, towards speaker or deictic centre / come from / forthcoming, future