~wene teve belong to ‹s.o.›. Forms possessive predicates equivalent to Eng. [...]

Part of Speech	construction
Phonetic Form	(i·)wene teve
Variant Form(s)	~wen’ teve
Morphology	~wene ‘lie’ + teve ‘with’

• • belong to ‹s.o.›. Forms possessive predicates equivalent to Eng. ‘have’

  Literally	be-there with
  (Part of) Synonym (for)	~vio teve

  • • Example 2777:
      

      Sitoa i-wene tev' ai' one.

      [a store existed with my father] My father had a business.

    • Example 2778:
      

      Nganae awa dapa i-viaene, na, i-wen' teve dapa.

      Whatever they want, they have it. [lit. it's there with them]

      Example Comment

      Paradise

    • Example 2779:
      

      Dapa noma, uro we tongolukilo peini ngaten’ motoro i-wen’ tev’ dapa.

      Our ancestors used [lit. had with them] magic soot and magic leaves for important matters.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003350#S17

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.›