~punuo² (do) stealthily, illegally

Part of Speech	2nd verb, intrans.
Phonetic Form	(i·)punuo
Proto-Form	POc: *panako
Tanema Equivalent	~sibwano
Lovono Equivalent	~apenoa

• • (do) stealthily, illegally

  • • Example 2151:
      

      Dapa Tukupie li-ka li-punuo.

      The Tikopians have come (and colonised) here illegally.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ~punuo¹ steal, snap (s.th., ñe) / kidnap (s.o., ñe)