Part of Speech | preposition |
Phonetic Form | samame |
Variant Form(s) | same ; semame |
Tanema Equivalent | avaio |
Lovono Equivalent | emeio |
Morphology | Cf. ~samame ‘join, help’ |
Syntactic Restriction | comitative meaning |
Example 2212:
Ini i-sabu semame emele ie teliki.He had committed adultery with the chief's wife.
Example 2222:
U-ovei pe u-wablei piene semame ini.You may joke with her.
Syntactic Restriction | as coordinator |
Example 1458:
Uo moloe na, samame none ka longo.Here is some Red yam, together with Potato yam and Lesser yam.
Example 2223:
teliki, samame dap' wopine, dapa getethe chief, together with elders and young boys
- Example URL
- https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S127
Syntactic Restriction | instrumental meaning |
(Part of) Synonym (for) |
Example 294:
Li-mali iawo ne lema awene, semame añaña longe.We light a fire inside the stone oven, using small bits of firewood.
Example 839:
Li-iaibi samame ero.You mix (it) with water.