dapa wopine adult men, elderly men / ‘great men’: men of high rank, [...]

1. • adult men, elderly men

   Literally	the great ones
   Syntactic Restriction	masculine and plural
   Typical Subject	s.o.

   • • Example 563:
       

       dapa wopine, dapa gete, da viñevi, da meliko…

       elderly men, young men, women, children…

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S152

     • Example 564:
       

       Bwara le-ko le-watebo iepiene teve uña dapa wopine.

       We should rather ask the elders about those traditional stories.

       Example Comment

       double plural

2. • ‘great men’: men of high rank, initiated men; hence chief

   (Part of) Antonym (for)

   dapa gete

   • • Example 565:
       

       Noma, idi wopine li-akawo kolokolo me i-botongo dapa.

       In ancient times, important men used to wear 'kolokolo' breast plates as a protection.

     • Example 566:
       

       Li-koie takoie ne touro ponu, dapa wopine kula li-ke li-le.

       While they were walking up towards the shore, some of the [island's] chiefs walked down towards them.

3. • ancestors

   Sense Comment	somet
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	dapa noma

Related entries

• See also:
  • dapenuo men: irregular plural of mwalikote ‘man, male’
  • mwaliko pine important person, dignitary; leader / the Christian God
  • piene adapa wopine formal speech, considered elegant and stylish / figurative speech, metaphor, parable / poetic language, used in songs (buro)
  • wopine big, large (and numerous) / older, adult (and numerous) / great, of high rank (and numerous)