basakulumoe island / land, country

Part of Speech noun
Phonetic Form ᵐbasakulumoe
Tanema Equivalent basue (kulama)
Lovono Equivalent basa kulamoe
Morphology basa ‘head’ or basa ‘mountain’ + kulumoe ‘village, country’
    • island
      • Geo
      • Literally mountain (?) of inhabited-land
      (Part of) Antonym (for)
      • Example 223:
        basakulumoe iote aplaka
        a little island
      • Example 346:
        Li-ko noma, uña toñaki van li-ka, li-ka li-dai temaka i-katau uña basakulumoe.
        In the olden days, large ships would sail around the archipelago, going from island to island.
    • land, country
      • Sense Comment by ext
      (Part of) Synonym (for)
      • Example 347:
        Makone peini basakulumoe iupa na.
        It’s a dance from our country.