revo sea, esp. marine zone surrounding the island and accessible on a [...]

Part of Speech noun
Phonetic Form revo
Tanema Equivalent maka
Lovono Equivalent mwaka
    • sea, esp. marine zone surrounding the island and accessible on a daily basis (opp. ngamuli ‘ocean’)
      • Sea
      • Example 35:
        Ero i-pu i-abu i-vagasi revo.
        The river flows down to the sea.
      • Example 136:
        Kape le-loko ajekele le-iui ne revo.
        They're going to gather rubbish and throw it into the sea.
      • Example 1413:
        Dapa kula li-abu revo, me le-labu namuko.
        The others slap the (sea) water, in order to catch the fish.
      • Example 2189:
        abilo peini revo
        seasnake
      • Example 2190:
        Ne basavono na, bwara temaka pe li-te ene bwara ka revo.
        It's quite possible that the place where [Lapérouse] stayed has nowadays turned to sea.
        Example Comment
        noun predicate with Perfect [ka](ka_2)
    • salt water, sea water
      • Example 295:
        Emel' iote i-le i-wowo revo i-ka i-sabisi se awene.
        A woman went to draw saltwater, and brought it back to pour it above the oven.
      • Example 1119:
        Ni-wowo revo i-ke mina lema kuo.
        I'm bailing out the (sea) water from inside the canoe.

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