sa pine (be, become) pregnant

Part of Speech	phrase
Tanema Equivalent	se-bwau
Lovono Equivalent	sa-pwene
Morphology	sa + pine ‘big’

• • (be, become) pregnant

  Literally

  belly (is) big

  • • Example 2210:
      

      Emele iape sa pine.

      His wife became pregnant.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003353#S4

Related entries

• Contains:
  • sa belly, stomach / heart, seat of emotions / the belly, as seat of pregnancy
• See also:
  • die i-meli feel contractions conducive to labour
  • pine big, large / abundant, significant / great, major / great, major; socially significant / grown up, adult; old / grow up, be raised