| Part of Speech | auxiliary |
| Phonetic Form | (i·)taᵐbo |
| Tanema Equivalent | ~abo |
| Lovono Equivalent | ~lebu |
| Syntactic Restriction | foll. by verb V2, with same subject |
| Sense Comment | comm |
Example 2286:
Le-tabo le-le.[we repeat we go] Let's go there again.
Example 2287:
La-tabo la-teli utele i-le la-wo enga temaka.Alright, let's start listing the placenames again.
Example 2288:
Kape ne-tabo ne-le metele iote pe kape i-ka na.I'll go again next month.
Example 2289:
Revo i-tabo i-ma.It's low tide again.
Example 2290:
Ni-tabo ni-mui.I've forgotten again.
Example 2291:
A-ko u-tabo u-vongo?Do you want to eat more? [lit. to repeat eating]
| Syntactic Restriction | impersonal 3sg, with non-verbal predicate |
| Sense Comment | somet |
Example 2292:
I-tabo dapa Iura.It's (a photo of) the Vanuatu people again.
- Example Comment
- + noun phrase
Example 2293:
Menu emele ie teliki i-tabo sa-pine.The chief's daughter is pregnant again.
Example 2294:
Taluaito kape i-padi basa ini: ne to ne, koro; ne lava tilu, kape bworo. Awoiu kape i-tabo koro pwo mijaka.The (heathen) priest would paint his head: white in the middle; black on each side; and then, a bit of white again underneath.
Example 427:
Ka li-ko ruene, ka li-tabo li-bono.They open the door, and then shut it back.
Example 1728:
Otovo iupa ka tamwaliko, pi-tabo pi-wete kula motoe.Our roofing has been damaged, we are making [lit. pinning] a new one.