~viane kick, touch ‹s.th.› with o.'s feet; step on ‹s.th.› / hit [...]

Part of Speech	verb, transitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)viane
Variant Form(s)	~viaene
Tanema Equivalent	~vini
Lovono Equivalent	~piaine

1. • kick, touch ‹s.th.› with o.'s feet; step on ‹s.th.›

   Typical Subject

   s.o.

   • • Example 2617:
       

       Temabete me mawene, li-garei pe daviñevi li-viane.

       Women are forbidden from stepping on mats or semi-mats.

2. • hit ‹s.th.› with o.'s feet noisily or violently: trample, stomp

   Typical Subject	s.o.
   Sense Comment	esp

   • • Example 2618:
       

       Li-viane tepapa me aña ini.

       They jump on the (dancing) boards for the sound it makes.

3. • stumble upon ‹s.th.› with o.'s feet; hence slip, fall

   Typical Subject	s.o.
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	~tabau

   • • Example 1820:
       

       Netebe pon, nara u-viane!

       This is mud here, make sure you don't stumble!

4. • trip ‹s.o.› up

   Typical Subject

   s.th.

   • • Example 2619:
       

       Vilo i-viane ale ene.

       [a plant hit my foot] I banged my foot on a tree.

5. • be so plentiful as to trip ‹their owner› up in their garden. Proverbial saying, referring to s.o.'s economic prosperity

   Typical Subject	food plants
   Sense Comment	fig
   Encyclopedic Info	The grammatical subject, usually utele ‘root, plant’, is sometimes omitted.

   • • Example 2620:
       

       Utele i-vian' eo?

       Are you so prosperous? [lit. do roots trip you up?]

       Example Comment

       proverbial

     • Example 2621:
       

       A-viñi dapa a-ko le-ka pe i-vian' eo?

       You invited them (for a meal): is it because you are rich? [lit. because it trips you up]

       Example Comment

       elliptical

6. • hit ‹s.o.›, touch, esp. with some physical impact

   Typical Subject

   s.th.

7. • reach ‹a certain moment›; last ‹a certain time›

   Typical Subject	event+
   Sense Comment	fig

   • • Example 2622:
       

       I-viane bwogo tili.

       (the festival) reached the fifth day.

8. • become suddenly known to ‹s.o.›, with some emotional impact; hence affect, disturb, move, catch by surprise

   Typical Subject

   event+

   • • Example 2623:
       

       Buro i-viane dapa ka li-le.

       [a song hit them as they went] As they walked, they were suddenly moved by a (beautiful) song.

9. • like ‹s.o., s.th.›; want, desire ‹s.o., s.th.›

   Literally	my desire hits s.th.
   Typical Subject	awa ‘neck > will’
   Sense Comment	freq

   • • Example 291:
       

       Awa ene i-viaene tamwase!

       I absolutely love it!

     • Example 854:
       

       Awa ene i-viaene imaluo iape.

       I like her character.

10. • want to do s.th.; want that

    Syntactic Restriction	foll. by ~ko
    Typical Subject	awa ‘neck > will’

    • • Example 2624:
        

        Awa kupa i-viane pi-ko u-le u-romo tadoe akapa.

        [our neck/will hits that you go see…] We'd like you to go and meet our god.

11. • want, desire

    Typical Subject	s.o.
    Sense Comment	rare

    • • Example 2625:
        

        mwaliko pe i-viane da-viñevi tamwase

        a man who loves women too much

Related entries

• See also:
  • ~pu ~sali pass, go by for a while; run till the end, finish
  • awa ~viane like, appreciate / desire, want (that, ~ko)
  • ~abu³ hit, strike ‹s.th., s.o.›, typic. with o.'s hands / have an impact upon ‹s.th., s.o.›, affect / play ‹musical instrument› using hands / kill, slay, murder ‹s.o.› / kill ‹animal›, hence hunt, fish+
• Subentry:
  • ~viaene hit, trample+