mou wait! hang on! / let X happen first: introduces

Part of Speech	interjection
Phonetic Form	mou
Tanema Equivalent	ma, mao
Lovono Equivalent	mwau

1. • wait! hang on!

   • • Example 1164:
       

       Mou, le-vongo ko!

       Wait, let's first have dinner!

     • Example 1740:
       

       Mou, u-tabo!

       Hang on! Repeat please?

2. • let X happen first: introduces

   Syntactic Restriction

   + (kape +) irrealis clause

   • • Example 934:
       

       Mou me ne-iumu ne-le n-ioi teuko ko.

       Let me first go angling.

     • Example 1663:
       

       Mou kape ra minga basavono, wako kape pe-tabo pe-ka.

       Wait till the day we come back here.

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003269#S10

     • Example 1741:
       

       Kape le-vongo tae: mou kape le-iumu l-anu kava.

       We shouldn't eat yet: let us first drink kava.

Related entries

• See also:
  • ~ko⁶ (do V) waiting for ‹s.th., s.o.›
  • rema (do V) in waiting