ne¹ general locative preposition: at, in, on / temporal preposition: [...]

Part of Speech	preposition
Phonetic Form	ne
Tanema Equivalent	ini
Lovono Equivalent	ne

1. • general locative preposition: at, in, on

   Syntactic Restriction	with or without motion
   Encyclopedic Info	Morph.: The corresponding adverb is ene ‘in it, there’.

   • • Example 33:
       

       I-sabu i-abu ne ero.

       He fell down in the river.

     • 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.

     • Example 1830:
       

       ne sekele

       in the garden

     • Example 1831:
       

       ne lema

       inside

     • Example 1832:
       

       ne to

       in the middle

     • Example 1833:
       

       Kape i-ka ne kulumoe na.

       She'll come to this village.

     • Example 1834:
       

       Noma, li-apinu ne mwoe.

       In olden times, people used to cook in the house.

     • Example 1835:
       

       Ene li-waivo ene ne “National University” ne Solomon islands.

       I did my studies at the National University in the Solomon islands.

2. • temporal preposition: in, at, during

   • • Example 1836:
       

       ne bwogo

       during the night

     • Example 1837:
       

       Et' iape i-ka ne vonila.

       Her mother came in the evening.

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003269#S12

     • Example 1838:
       

       n’ adie

       afterwards, then

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ne² possessive linker used with certain nouns, espec. bodily fluids / relative of (s.o.), member of o.'s kin