| Part of Speech | verb, transitive |
| Phonetic Form | (i·)kila |
| Tanema Equivalent | ~kilo |
| Lovono Equivalent | ~kile |
Example 1138:
Abu u-kila in' i-koie!Call him in!
Example 1139:
Li-si teveliko ne kulumoe, me le-kila idi le-ka le-mako.Someone in the village is blowing the conch, calling out to people to come and dance.
Example 1140:
Li-la viko li-lateli, li-ka li-kila tadoe pon li-ko “Visipure! U-abu ne adawo!”Once they had put the sacred money down, they began to invoke their gods: “Fisipure! Come down from your clouds!”
| Encyclopedic Info | Vanikoro has no phone. Communication between villages, or with other islands, is done by teleradio. |
Example 24:
Abu ne-kila Puma!Let me try and ring the guys in Puma.
- Example Comment
- teleradio
| Syntactic Restriction | followed by ~ko |
Example 389:
Dapa li-kila li-ko “Beme” pe ini beme.They call him “Baldhead” because he's bald.
Example 1141:
Li-kila temaka pon li-ko “Moe ma Tadoe”.That place is called “Devils' Lair”.