~te puna … tae stay quiet, keep quiet

Part of Speech construction
    • stay quiet, keep quiet
      • Literally you stay your [noise] is lacking
      Syntactic Restriction reflexive construction
      (Part of) Antonym (for)
      • Example 320:
        Ba-te puna kela tae!
        You (two), keep quiet!
        Example Comment
        irrealis (imperative) interpretation
      • Example 2147:
        U-te puna eo tae!
        You keep quiet!
      • Example 2148:
        Pe-te puna kaipa tae!
        You (all), keep quiet!

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