| Part of Speech | preposition |
| Phonetic Form | pe |
| Tanema Equivalent | pe |
| Lovono Equivalent | pe |
| Syntactic Restriction | spatial meaning |
Example 685:
Ni-kila emele pe Tetevo.I married a woman from Utupua.
Example 2028:
damala pe Franisthe foreigners from France
Example 2029:
Da-tilu pe Teanu.They were from Teanu island.
- Example Comment
- predicate
- Example URL
- https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S1
Example 2030:
Uña ngatene pon na pe vele?Where do those things come from?
| Syntactic Restriction | temporal meaning |
Example 2031:
iepiene pe noma[story from the past] traditional story
| Syntactic Restriction | causal meaning |
Example 1958:
Li-le pe ngaten' ae?Why did they go? [lit. they went due to what thing?]
Example 2032:
Tokoli i-dobuo pe tebo.The bridge is wet due to the rain.
Example 2033:
A-rom' ini ai-ovei a-ko ini pe Japan, pe mata ini.You can see straight away that she's Japanese, due to her eyes.
Example 2034:
Dapa kula li-wablei piene, ia li-tobo ñe, pe dapa ie mwaliko po awa dapa i-su.Some people may make jokes, as long as they restrain themselves, with respect to the family who are in mourning.
- Example Comment
- funeral ceremonies