~tetele¹ begin, start

Part of Speech	verb, intransitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)tetele
Morphology	Contraction of ~teli utele ‘plant a stem → begin’

• • begin, start

  • • Example 1043:
      

      Kata kape le-tetele kape le-pinoe pon ta.

      They were about to start dancing.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S129

    • Example 2426:
      

      Wako, u-tetele!

      Alright, start!

    • Example 2427:
      

      Ka la-tetele na Pakare.

      They started (their journey) in Pakare.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S131

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ~tetele² start ‹s.th.›
• See also:
  • ~teli utele begin, start (to do, me + Irr.)