~mo korone speak with a stern tone of voice, esp. in giving a lesson or [...]

Part of Speech	verb, intransitive
Morphology	~mo ‘talk’ + korone ‘strong’

• • speak with a stern tone of voice, esp. in giving a lesson or firm advice; hence scold, argue (with s.o., se)

  Literally

  talk strong

  • • Example 1219:
      

      Ni-mo korone se ni-ko me i-tabo i-ejau etapu.

      I firmly warned him not to do it again.

      Example Comment

      with prohibitive [etapu](etapu_1)

    • Example 1670:
      

      Na teliki ka i-mo korone se da.

      Now the village chief is scolding both of them.

Related entries

• Contains:
  • ~mo make noise, call / talk, utter words, considered as a general faculty (vs ~vete ‘say s.th.’)