~lengi¹ feel ‹s.th.›; perceive through senses or intuition / hear ‹s.o., [...]

Part of Speech	verb, transitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)leŋi
Tanema Equivalent	~lange
Lovono Equivalent	~lengi

1. • feel ‹s.th.›; perceive through senses or intuition

   • • Example 1434:
       

       Ni-lengi tanoe pe i-wai.

       I felt the ground shake.

     • Example 1435:
       

       Nganae kape li-lengi melia dapa ñe tae.

       [there is nothing by which they feel pain] Nothing can cause them any pain.

       Example Comment

       Paradise

2. • hear ‹s.o., s.th.›

   • • Example 632:
       

       Ene ni-lengi ñe taña ene, ka ebele piene, ene ni-le ene.

       I heard it with my own ears. It's the truth, I believe it.

     • Example 811:
       

       Ni-lengi mama gita.

       I can hear the sound of a guitar.

     • Example 1436:
       

       Iepiene pon na, ni-lengi tev' et' one.

       This story, I heard it from my mother.

3. • listen

   Syntactic Restriction

   volitional

   • • Example 658:
       

       U-lengi u-ejau me u-ovei.

       Listen carefully, so you learn.

4. • hear that, learn that (s.th. happened)

   Syntactic Restriction

   (+ ~ko) + clause

   • • Example 1437:
       

       Ka ni-lengi ni-ko dapa kula li-te tae.

       I never heard that there was anyone else there.

     • Example 1438:
       

       Ni-lengi Sintia ka i-kovi metele.

       I heard that Sintia is expecting.

5. • hear from ‹s.o.›, have contact ‹s.o.› by phone or mail

   Sense Comment

   somet

   • • Example 1128:
       

       Labiou tamwase kia ka la-lengi kia tae.

       We haven't heard from each other for a very long time.

6. • find ‹s.th., s.o.› to be so and so, through hearing or feeling

   Syntactic Restriction

   tropative construction, foll. by secondary predicate

   • • Example 1439:
       

       Buro ponu li-lengi wako tamwase.

       That song sounds beautiful. [lit. that song, they hear it very beautiful]

     • Example 1440:
       

       Li-lengi ebele dapa ka wako.

       They feel better [lit. they feel that their bodies are well now]

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ~lengi² feel (so and so)
• See also:
  • ~romo² watch, look at ‹s.o., s.th.› / see ‹s.o., s.th.› / find ‹s.th., s.o.› to be so and so, mostly through visual perception