~wene¹ lie down, be lying / be located somewhere, in whatever position [...]

Part of Speech	verb, intransitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)wene
Tanema Equivalent	~eno
Lovono Equivalent	~enu

1. • lie down, be lying

   Typical Subject

   s.o.

   • • Example 1415:
       

       Van' ni-wene ni-botongo nara kape le-punuo ñi.

       I sleep on (my money) so nobody can steal it.

     • Example 2765:
       

       Ka i-mamei ponu ka i-maliawo ka i-wene teve.

       As she was feeling cold, she lit a fire and lay down beside it.

     • Example 2766:
       

       Nga mwaliko i-bu, le-iu ebele ini i-wene ne kie ini.

       When somebody dies, their body is buried [and lies] in a grave.

2. • be located somewhere, in whatever position

   Typical Subject	s.th.
   Encyclopedic Info	Animate subjects take ~te.

   • • Example 698:
       

       Uña ngaten' enaka i-wene tev' iu re.

       My stuff (bags+) is up over there.

     • Example 2584:
       

       Okoro 'naka pon i-wene vele?

       So where's my knife?

     • Example 2767:
       

       basa re po i-wen' iu re

       the mountain that's lying over there

     • Example 2768:
       

       Kie dapa i-wene Paiu.

       Their graves are in Paiou.

3. • exist, be there

   Typical Subject	s.th.
   Sense Comment	gen

   • • Example 423:
       

       Bwoe baro nga na i-wene ne pwa motono.

       Hammerhead sharks like this live in the deep ocean.

     • Example 2769:
       

       Iuro i-wene.

       (this kind of canoe) it has a mast.

4. • forms possessive predicates similar to Eng. ‘have’

   Syntactic Restriction	combined with possessed NP
   Sense Comment	hence

   • • Example 2065:
       

       Temaka na, iepiene peini i-wene.

       This place has stories attached to it.

     • Example 2770:
       

       Monon' enaka iote pine i-wene.

       [one big box of mine is there…] I've got a huge wooden trunk.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ~wene² be located somewhere after having be displaced. Usually not translated / go ahead, go on
• See also:
  • ~mokoiu sleep / wink, blink; hence feel sleepy