~la ngatene² work at ‹s.th.›

Part of Speech	verb, transitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)laŋatene
Variant Form(s)	~langatene

• • work at ‹s.th.›

  Sense Comment

  rare

  • • Example 1348:
      

      Katae ka li-tetele ae, li-langatene toñaki iadapa pon ta.

      And so they began to work at (building) their ship.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ~la ngatene¹ work, do some work / get into action, be used