~lui causative of ~le ‘go’: make ‹s.o., s.th.› go [...]

Part of Speech verb, transitive
Phonetic Form (i·)lui
Variant Form(s) ~luoi
Tanema Equivalent ~lao
Lovono Equivalent ~lawoi
    • causative of ~le ‘go’: make ‹s.o., s.th.› go somewhere, hence take away, carry
    • (Part of) Antonym (for)
    • take ‹s.th.› somewhere, carry
      • Example 448:
        Ni-bu bete ene me ne-lui.
        I've rolled my mat to take it away.
      • Example 1480:
        Ini i-le i-la voko, i-lui i-la i-teli ne temaka iote.
        He [went to] grab the stone, took it away and put it down elsewhere.
      • Example 1481:
        Toñaki iadapa i-ka i-ka i-sava webwe i-lui.
        Their ships used to come here to buy troca shells and take them away.
      • Example 1482:
        Uña udo pe i-ako, li-lui i-avo ne tone.
        The ripe bananas had been [taken] put to hang from the hook.
      • Example 1483:
        li-lui nuduro
        carry the scareline, go fishing with the scareline
    • take ‹s.o.› somewhere or away
      • Example 1358:
        Nga u-kila ini, kape u-labu u-lui ne moe iono.
        If you marry her, you will carry her all the way to your house.
      • Example 1484:
        Kupa pi-lui ini teve taluaito.
        We took him to the doctor.
      • Example 1485:
        Vana uña toñaki i-ka i-loko dapa ne kulumoe na, dapa li-lui li-langatene ne Iura.
        Ships used to come to this island to collect people, and then take them away to make them work somewhere in the south.
      • Example 1486:
        Ngiro i-aka i-lui dapa.
        The wind blew and took them away.

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  • See also:
    • ~lui causative of ~le ‘go’: make ‹s.o., s.th.› go somewhere, hence take away, carry / take ‹s.th.› somewhere, carry / take ‹s.o.› somewhere or away
    • ~kamai bring ‹s.th., s.o.› here, towards deictic centre
    • ~koioi causative of ~koie ‘enter’: cause ‹s.o., s.th.› to go in, introduce / cause ‹s.th.› to go in, hence insert, put in, pack / cause ‹s.o.› to go in, hence bring in, lead ‹s.o.› in / cause ‹s.th.› to go inland: take ‹s.th.› from the sea towards the shore, or from the shore towards the village / cause ‹s.o.› to go inland, esp. welcome ‹travellers› on the beach and lead them inland
    • ~kevei take ‹s.th., s.o.› out
    • ~venei take s.th. upwards / set up, create
    • ~abui take ‹s.th.› down
    • ~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
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