~koie1 go in, enter (a house+) / be inside / be inside ‹s.th.›; be part [...]

Part of Speech verb, intransitive
Phonetic Form (i·)koje
Tanema Equivalent ~lae
Lovono Equivalent ~su
    • go in, enter (a house+)
      • Typical Subject s.o.
      (Part of) Antonym (for)
      • Example 1229:
        Ka i-ka i-koie ne moe ka i-romo emel’ iape i-wene teve iawo.
        As he walked into his house, he saw his wife lying by the fire.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003353#S14
      • Example 1230:
        Li-koie ne lema kuo awoiu pon, ka li-le.
        They stepped into the canoe, and took off.
    • be inside
      • Typical Subject s.o.
      • Example 1231:
        Li-koie ne moe mata dapa i-ke.
        They were inside their houses, looking out.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S168
    • be inside ‹s.th.›; be part of ‹s.th.›, be included
      • Typical Subject s.th.
      • Example 1058:
        Kava li-totoe, kara i-koie samame.
        You chop kava to small pieces, including the roots.
      • Example 1232:
        Ka savene i-koie.
        There was also a valuable mat inside.
        Example Comment
        in a box
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S130
    • be pleasurable to ‹s.o.›, suit ‹s.o.› greatly
      • Typical Subject s.th.
      Sense Comment fig
      • Example 1233:
        Makone na i-koie ne ebele ene!
        This dance really gets under my skin! [lit. it gets in my body]
    • go inland, e.g. walk from the shore towards a village, or from a village towards the middle of the island
      • Syntactic Restriction geocentric coordinates
      • Example 1234:
        Kape le-le le-koie ne ngogoro ponu.
        They all walk inland towards the forest.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003350#S11
      • Example 1235:
        U-koie tetakoie, Pakare: u-bi avie.
        Why don't you go inland (on Banie the main island), on Pakare; go pick some apples.
        Example Comment
        from a small peninsula off Vanikoro
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S42
    • go inland to work in o.'s food garden
      • Syntactic Restriction from the village
      Sense Comment esp
      • Example 1236:
        Kata kape le-mini ngapiene, li-koie li-au bute. Wako li-ke li-lui i-wene.
        As they were getting ready for the festival, they went to their garden [lit. they went in] and harvested some taro. Then they came back down to the village [lit. they came out] with the taro.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S11
    • reach an island: e.g. swim towards the shore; land, dock a boat
      • Syntactic Restriction from the sea
      (Part of) Synonym (for)
      • Example 1237:
        Basavono pe toñaki tamwaliko, dapa kula li-koie ere se vono Lege re.
        When their ship got destroyed, some managed to reach the island [swimming], towards Lengge over there.
      • Example 1238:
        Kape la-koie, dapa na kap’ li-abu kia!
        If we land there, the islanders will kill us!
        Example Comment
        on a canoe
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S31
    • travel to an island; hence settle in, immigrate
      • Syntactic Restriction from far away
      • Example 1239:
        La-vesu bavede i-le. I-le, la-koie Tetevo.
        They hoisted the sail and travelled; travelled towards (the island of) Utupua.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S13
      • Example 1240:
        Dapa Tukupie li-koie li-te ne tanoe akapa Vanikoro ponu.
        The Tikopians have (immigrated and) settled on our land here on Vanikoro.
    • wash ashore
      • Typical Subject s.th.
      • Example 1241:
        Dapa ne da ka li-bu awoiu. Vana ka li-tavea li-koie li-sai i-katau temaka ponu.
        All their relatives died instantly. Their [bodies] were floating, washing ashore one after the other, all along the beach.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S125
    • swell inland, flood the land
      • Typical Subject the sea, revo
      • Example 1242:
        Ka revo i-koie ka le-gulei kuo pon le-lui.
        As the sea water swole inland, they towed their canoe in.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003350#S35

Related entries

  • Heterosemes:
    • ~koie2 (move+) in, inside / (take, move s.th.) in, inside / (go, take+) inland / (go, take+) ashore / (go, take+) towards the island
  • See also:
    • takoie towards the island; inland
    • sekele garden, where horticulture is carried out