~te² be doing s.th. Encodes progressive aspect

Part of Speech	auxiliary
Phonetic Form	(i·)te
Proto-Form	POc: *toka
Tanema Equivalent	~o
Lovono Equivalent	~lu

• • be doing s.th. Encodes progressive aspect
  • • Gram

  Syntactic Restriction	foll. by verb V2
  Typical Subject	s.o.

  • • Example 2367:
      

      Menu i-te i-etengi.

      The baby was crying.

    • Example 2368:
      

      Dapa li-te li-oburo.

      They are singing.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ~te¹ sit, be sitting / be located somewhere, whether sitting or not / remain, stay / wait / dwell, live / be alive / be in such and such a condition, esp. temporarily