~te teve live with ‹s.th., s.o.› / be married with ‹a man›; have ‹s.o.› [...]

Part of Speech	verb, oblique transitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)te teve
Morphology	~te + teve

1. • live with ‹s.th., s.o.›

   Literally	be with
   Typical Subject	s.o.
   Sense Comment	literal

   • • Example 1507:
       

       Noma, po apali i-maili i-ven' i-ka, i-te tev' ai' iape me et' iape.

       In the old days, when a child grew up, he would stay with his parents.

2. • be married with ‹a man›; have ‹s.o.› as partner or spouse

   Typical Subject	woman
   Sense Comment	esp
   (Part of) Antonym (for)	~kila

   • • Example 2369:
       

       Ka i-te te' mwaliko, we mamote?

       [Is she living with a man] Has she got a man in her life, or not yet?

Related entries

• See also:
  • teve towards ‹such and such direction› / beside, by ‹a location› / (stay+) by ‹s.o.›, with ‹s.o.› / be, exist with ‹s.o.›; equiv. of Eng. ‘have’ / (take+) from ‹s.o.› / dependent on ‹s.o.›, relative to ‹s.o.›; hence to ‹s.o.›, for ‹s.o.› / (other) than ‹s.o.›