tetake outside, seen from the interior of the island; hence down [...]

Part of Speech	locative
Phonetic Form	tetake
Variant Form(s)	teta-ke ; take
Tanema Equivalent	emo-da
Lovono Equivalent	leve mwaroa
Morphology	~ke ‘go out, go seawards’

• • outside, seen from the interior of the island; hence down towards the shore; seawards

  Literally	outside
  Lexical Function Gloss	offshore
  Syntactic Restriction	geocentric directional
  (Part of) Antonym (for)	tetakoie

  • • Example 764:
      

      Li-le li-vagas’ ere, tetake n’ adie ngamuli.

      They went all the way to that point over there – out there towards the ocean.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003270#S4

    • Example 1991:
      

      Le-le tetake ne touro l-oma!

      Let's walk to the shore and find some seafood.

    • Example 2415:
      

      Ngiro Teulu Laki i-aka i-ka tetake ne.

      The Teulu Laki (southerly) wind blows from the ocean, this way.

      Example Comment

      from the southern shore of Vanikoro

Related entries

• See also:
  • one my (relative): form of the possessive classifier used for kin terms with a 1st singular possessor
  • ngamuli ocean, open sea
  • ~ke² go outside, go out; come out (of, mina) / come out, emerge / appear, be seen or heard / be left out / go from inland towards the sea; go downhill / move away from the island, towards the ocean
• Subentry:
  • take variant of tetake ‘out, outside; towards the shore’