| Part of Speech | noun |
| Phonetic Form | jepiene |
| Morphology | Cf. piene ‘speech’ |
Example 458:
I-si buka iote ñe uña iepiene peini kulumoe iakapa.He wrote a book with several stories from our country.
Example 882:
Bwara le-ko le-watebo iepiene teve uña dapa wopine.We should rather enquire about those traditional stories from the elders.
Example 883:
N-atevo iepiene amjaka peini Laperus. Iepiene pon na, ni-lengi tev' et' one.I'll tell a short story about Lapérouse. This story, I heard it from my mother.
Example 884:
Li-bei bete pon, li-atevo iepiene pe noma, li-oburo, li-vongo ka li-mokoiu.During funeral ceremonies, we tell old stories, we sing, we eat, and then we go to sleep.