| Part of Speech | verb, transitive |
| Phonetic Form | (i·)ve |
| Tanema Equivalent | ~vi |
| Lovono Equivalent | ~ve |
| Typical Subject | female animal, woman |
Example 1609:
Ne metele tilu-tae kape i-ve menu.She will give birth in August.
Example 2574:
Kulevelu ponu i-ovei pe i-ve waluluo ini moro abia na.This hen is able to lay eggs every day.
Example 2575:
Emele i-te ne kulumoe, pe men’ iape mamote i-ve.The woman was staying in the village, as she had just given birth [lit. she was still giving birth to her child]
- Example URL
- https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S48
| Typical Subject | man, woman |
Example 2462:
Emele iote i-ve ini, ka emele iote i-ve ene, da tieli.The woman who gave birth to him, and the one who gave birth to me, they were sisters.
- Example Comment
- reciprocal predicate
Example 2576:
Da ka lai-ve menu?Do they already have a child?
Example 2577:
Mwaliko pe emele da mwalik’ iape lai-ve enga ini Amo Lupo.The boy who was born to that couple [lit. whom the woman and her man begat] was named Amo Lupo.
| Syntactic Restriction | with impersonal subject li-, equivalent to a passive |
| Typical Subject | s.o. |
Example 2578:
Li-ve eo vele?Where were you born? [lit. where did they beget you]
Example 2579:
Li-pei idi pe moro pe li-ve eo ene!Happy birthday! [lit. we rejoice at the day when you were born]