~tamava invoke a deity or spirit (tadoe); worship / worship [...]

Part of Speech	verb, intransitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)tamava
Lovono Equivalent	~tamava

1. • invoke a deity or spirit (tadoe); worship
   • • Spirit
     • Ethn

   Encyclopedic Info	Synt.: The object constructs with the oblique preposition se.
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	~mokavase

   • • Example 1152:
       

       Idi mwaliko li-tamava se tadoe, li-kilasi li-ko kape le-le le-pinoe.

       The men invoked the spirits, asking them the right to perform the ritual dances.

     • Example 2319:
       

       Temaka etapu, temaka pe li-tamava ene.

       A sacred place is one where people carry out their worship.

2. • worship the Christian God; pray
   • • Christ

   • • Example 1686:
       

       Ene ni-le ni-tamava ne mwoe 'tapu.

       I went to pray in the church.

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• See also:
  • ~kilase address, talk to ‹s.o.›, esp. with a formal or solemn tone; invoke / inform ‹s.o.› (about s.th., ñe), esp. in some length; explain, tell