| Part of Speech | adjective |
| Phonetic Form | pine |
| Tanema Equivalent | bwau, ubwau |
| Lovono Equivalent | pwene |
| Syntactic Restriction | in size |
| (Part of) Antonym (for) |
Example 1509:
Pi-romo uie i-maili pine.You can see how the leaves have grown big.
Example 2001:
Otovo kotekote, utele pine.Spiny sago trees have large bases.
Example 2094:
toñaki pinea large ship
Example 2095:
monon' enaka iote pinea huge wooden trunk of mine
| Syntactic Restriction | in quantity |
Example 66:
Li-ejau none pine adapa ne kulumoe.They are preparing a huge meal for the villagers.
Example 2096:
Kuo demene, li-la ngatene ñi pine tamwase.Outrigger canoes are too much work. [working at them is too big]
| Syntactic Restriction | in quality |
Example 1528:
Mama ini pine.He has a loud voice.
Example 2097:
Nganae pine tae ponu, ne-ko n-ovei eo a-te vele?Just a small question [lit. not a major thing]: I wanted to know where you live.
Example 2098:
Awis pine![big thanks] Thank you very much!
| Typical Subject | s.o. |
| (Part of) Synonym (for) |
Example 2099:
Sande, moro pine, pe li-langatene tae, pe li-tamava.Sunday is an important day – one when we don't work, and pray.
Example 2100:
Iepiene pine.It's an important myth.
Example 2101:
mwaliko pinegreat man, chief, leader
| Typical Subject | s.o. |
| (Part of) Synonym (for) |
Example 1794:
En’ na dameliko tae, ene na ka mwaliko pine.I'm not a child, I'm a grown person!
- Example Comment
- with 1sg
Example 2102:
emele pine tamwasea very old woman
| Syntactic Restriction | dynamic reading |
| Typical Subject | s.o. |
| (Part of) Synonym (for) |
Example 2103:
La-womanga men' iada ra ra pine.They fed their child until he grew up.
Example 2104:
Li-ve ini Vonovono, ia ini pine Honiara.She was born in the Reef Islands, but she grew up in Honiara.