me³ for ‹s.th.›, taking ‹s.th.› as a goal / (change s.th.) into X

Part of Speech	preposition
Phonetic Form	me
Tanema Equivalent	me
Lovono Equivalent	me

1. • for ‹s.th.›, taking ‹s.th.› as a goal

   • • Example 198:
       

       Li-viane tepapa me aña ini.

       They jump on the (dancing) boards for the sound it makes.

2. • (change s.th.) into X

   Literally	so it becomes X
   Syntactic Restriction	in resultative construction

   • • Example 880:
       

       Li-ejau iadiro peini otovo me iebe.

       You can turn (a bunch of) sago midribs into a broom.

     • Example 930:
       

       Dapa Iura li-la vesevelae li-iu me viko.

       People in Vanuatu thread cone shells into shellmoney.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • me² Purpose subordinator: in order to, so that / forms the causative