piene adapa wopine formal speech, considered elegant and stylish / figurative [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	piene aⁿdapa wopine
Variant Form(s)	piene aidi wopine
Morphology	piene + adapa + wopine, Cf. dapa wopine

1. • formal speech, considered elegant and stylish

   Literally

   speech of the ancestors / the elders

   • • Example 2093:
       

       Basavono kula, uña teliki li-vete piene ñei piene adapa wopine.

       Sometimes, dignitaries tend to speak in formal style [lit. in the language of elders].

2. • figurative speech, metaphor, parable

   Sense Comment

   somet

3. • poetic language, used in songs (buro)

   Sense Comment

   esp

Related entries

• See also:
  • dapa wopine adult men, elderly men / ‘great men’: men of high rank, initiated men; hence chief / ancestors