kulumoe inhabited place / hamlet, village / area, zone within an island, [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	kulumoe
Tanema Equivalent	kulama
Lovono Equivalent	kulamoe
Morphology	(?) kula ‘several’ + moe ‘house’

1. • inhabited place
2. • hamlet, village

   Sense Comment

   gen

   • • Example 183:
       

       Da-tilu pe Teanu. Kulumoe iada Aneve.

       They were from Teanu island; their village was Aneve.

       Example URL

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

     • Example 1297:
       

       Poi pe li-womanga ne kulumoe, vao i-moloe ne ngogoro.

       Domesticated pigs are fed in the village, but wild pigs wander about in the forest.

3. • area, zone within an island, not necessarily inhabited

   Sense Comment

   rare

   • • Example 1298:
       

       kulumoe peini sekele

       an area for garden

4. • island

   (Part of) Antonym (for)	temotu
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	basakulumoe

   • • Example 1299:
       

       Waiero i-vene ne vono i-katau ngiro Palapu.

       The waves went up to the dry land, following the north wind Palapu.

     • Example 1300:
       

       Kulumoe Iura, kulumoe i-wene tev’ iu.

       The islands of (north) Vanuatu are located southeast [of Vanikoro].

5. • country

   • • 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.

6. • the world

   Sense Comment	rare
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	lovia vono marama

   • • Example 1301:
       

       ne tevie kulumoe

       the other side of the world

Related entries

• See also:
  • temaka place / location on land, geographical spot / earth, ground / the universe, insofar as it is subject to the diurnal cycle. Dummy subject for various predicates for weather or times of the day
  • vono a generic term referring to space / dry land (opp. sea); hence coast / area, zone / district, limited area around a certain village / the world, universe / the universe, atmosphere, insofar as it is subject to the diurnal cycle
  • kulumoe iakapa our island, i.e. Vanikoro
  • temotu islet, small island