~la aele² take a number of steps

Part of Speech	verb-object idiom
Proto-Form	POc: *alap
Morphology	~la + aele

• • take a number of steps

  Literally

  take legs

  • • Example 91:
      

      I-la aele wa-tuo.

      He took six steps.

Related entries

• Contains:
  • ~la¹ take ‹one thing› (vs. ~loko, ‘take several things’) / take ‹s.th.› physically, grab, carry / take ‹s.th.› in order to use or move it. Serves to introduce a new participant in a situation, often an instrument or a theme, even when no actual ‘grabbing’ event is referred to. / forms causative constructions with motion or posture verbs / give ‹s.th.› / take ‹s.th. abstract›, keep / understand ‹s.o., s.th.› / require, take ‹amount of time› / do, make. Combines with certain objects, to form semantically non-compositional phrases