Tetawo ancient village located in the south of Banie, formerly the main [...]

Part of Speech toponym
Phonetic Form tetawo
Variant Form(s) Tawo
Tanema Equivalent Tetawo
Morphology (?) tev’ tawo ‘northwest’
    • ancient village located in the south of Banie, formerly the main village of the Tanema language community
      • Encyclopedic Info Hist.: The area has now been taken over by Polynesian settlers from Tikopia.
      • Example 1540:
        Basavono ponu, mamote kulumoe Tetawo mate idi abia li-te ene.
        At that time, the village of Tetawo was still inhabited.
      • Example 2423:
        Noma, dapa Lovono li-ovei pe li-via samame dapa Tawo.
        The Lovono1 tribe used to wage war against the Tetawo1 tribe.

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