Part of Speech | noun, relational |
Phonetic Form | eᵐbele |
Tanema Equivalent | nibela(ko) |
Lovono Equivalent | nebele |
Typical Subject | man, animal |
Example 619:
Ebele ene pana.[my body is hot] I feel hot.
Example 620:
Leka, kape u-labu ebele ini metae.With your (opp.-sex) cross-cousin, you are not allowed any body contact.
Example 621:
Nga mwaliko i-bu, le-iu ebele ini i-wene ne kie ini.When somebody dies, their body is buried in a grave.
Example 622:
Li-romo po dapa ebele dapa tae.[We can't see their bodies] These creatures are invisible.
Example 623:
Buro pe li-pongo ebele idi ñei.It's a song meant to wake up the dancers' bodies.
Typical Subject | s.th. |
Syntactic Restriction | + noun N |
Sense Comment | rare |
Encyclopedic Info | Sem.: The semantic path (from ‘body’ to ‘end’) is unclear. |
Example 624:
ebele ngapienethe end of the festival
Syntactic Restriction | + noun N |
Sense Comment | freq |
Example 625:
Ebele kuo i-karem demene.Genuine canoes have an outrigger.
Example 626:
Ebele enga ini tae.There's no specific name for it.
Example 627:
Ini i-te Franis, ia ebele kulumoe iape Japan.She lives in France, but she is actually from [lit. her genuine country is] Japan.
Example 628:
Enga ini, ebele li-ko “Mata aeve”.His name means “Eye of the Sun”.