enga name / type, sort

1. • name

   Typical Subject

   s.t., s.o.

   • • Example 342:
       

       Basa iupa re po i-wen’ iu re, enga ini Popokia.

       That mountain of ours up over there is called Popokia.

     • Example 735:
       

       Enga ini Lupo.

       His name is/was Lupo.

     • Example 736:
       

       Vilo peini revo ponu, enga ini tongobe.

       That seashore tree is called mangrove.

     • Example 737:
       

       Ni-mui enga temaka na.

       I don't know the name of that place.

     • Example 738:
       

       Uk' one tilu, kape ne-vete enga da metae.

       My in-laws, I can't say their names out loud.

2. • type, sort

   • • Example 739:
       

       Udo ponu, enga ini tilu.

       There are two sorts of bananas.

     • Example 740:
       

       Kava pon, noma, enga tete ne basa kulumoe na; enga tilu iote ka i-bu.

       Our island used to have three types of kava; two of those types have disappeared.

     • Example 741:
       

       Banie i-waivo ñe idi ñe makone: makone iote, makone iote, makone iote... Enga makone tilu-tae.

       Banie instructed humans with dances: one dance, another one, another one again… Altogether, eight different types of dance.

       Example Comment

       deity

Related entries

• See also:
  • ~ko¹ say ‹s.th.›, declare. Introduces direct reported speech / call s.th. ‹so and so› / tell s.o. to do s.th.; order, suggest that / think, believe (that) / want to, be about to