se¹ Allative: (move) towards ‹place›, (throw) at ‹s.th.›, (tie) to [...]

Part of Speech	preposition
Phonetic Form	se
Lovono Equivalent	wate, aka

1. • Allative: (move) towards ‹place›, (throw) at ‹s.th.›, (tie) to ‹s.th.›

   • • Example 1284:
       

       Kula ka i-ka se vono Lale, Ngama, Vono.

       Some (people) had moved to the areas of Lale, Ngama and Vono.

       Example Comment

       used absolutely

     • Example 2235:
       

       Bavede, li-ngago se iuro peini.

       You tie the sail to its mast.

2. • Dative: to ‹s.o.›

   • • Example 1379:
       

       Uña teliki li-lamini tanoe se dapa.

       The authorities granted them some ground.

     • Example 1776:
       

       Ni-ko bwara i-mo korone se mwaliko iote.

       I thought he was angry at someone.

     • Example 2236:
       

       Awoiu i-oburo buro se ini.

       Then he sang a song to him.

     • Example 2237:
       

       Ini i-vete piene wako se idi abia.

       She talks easily to everybody.

     • Example 2238:
       

       Revo i-tigiri se ene.

       The waves were spattering me.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • se² to (it, him/her): zero anaphora of preposition se, for 3rd person referents / to it, towards it / to him/her
• See also:
  • ñe ‘(do V) with’, ‘using’: Instrumental preposition / ‘to’, ‘of’, ‘at’: oblique preposition, with some verbs governing an oblique complement
  • samame² anaphoric counterpart of preposition samame: with it/him/her