emele¹ female; girl, woman / wife

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	emele
Tanema Equivalent	mee
Lovono Equivalent	neme
Paradigm Form	pl: da viñevi

1. • female; girl, woman

   Typical Subject	anim., hum
   (Part of) Antonym (for)	mwalikote

   • • Example 679:
       

       Emele, we mwalkote?

       Is it a girl, or a boy?

       Example Comment

       baby

     • Example 680:
       

       emele damala

       a Western woman

     • Example 681:
       

       U-le u-wasu emele re u-min' ene!

       Please go and connect me with that girl!

2. • wife

   Syntactic Restriction

   espec. with possessor

   • • Example 507:
       

       mwaliko iote da emel’ iape

       a man and his wife

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S1

     • Example 682:
       

       emel’ enone

       my wife

     • Example 683:
       

       ~kila emele

       [lit. follow a woman] get married

     • Example 684:
       

       dapa po li-kila emele

       those (men) who are married

     • Example 685:
       

       Ni-kila emele pe Tetevo.

       I married a woman from Utupua.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • emele² female: used to specify the gender of an ambiguous noun / female, fertile variety of certain plants
• Is Part of:
  • emele aplaka young girl, young woman (opp. momoso, adult woman)
• See also:
  • momoso old woman: a respectful term / adult woman (opp. emele aplaka ‘young girl’) / wife
  • mwatebe virgin