| Part of Speech | locative |
| Phonetic Form | tetakoje |
| Variant Form(s) | teta-koie ; takoie |
| Tanema Equivalent | eto-da |
| Lovono Equivalent | leve ngate |
| Morphology | ~koie ‘go inland’ |
| Literally | inside |
| Syntactic Restriction | geocentric directional |
Example 2417:
Sekele iaba ene vitoko ne, takoie ne.Our garden is here, uphill this way.
Example 2418:
Li-koioi li-su buluko ka li-koie li-vagasi takoie.They lit torchlights and led them in, until they reached (the village) inland.
| Syntactic Restriction | seen from the sea |
Example 566:
Li-koie takoie ne touro ponu, dapa wopine kula li-ke li-le.While they were walking up towards the shore, some of the [island's] chiefs walked down towards them.
Example 1253:
Dapa kula li-katei noma nuduro tilu ponu, li-koioi tetakoie, i-le i-vene ne moko taniboro.Some people pull the two ends of the scareline towards the shore, to a dry zone.
Example 1571:
Li-ka ne mataiko Paiu ponu, dapa li-te takoie ponu, ne kulumoe pon.As they were [sailing] through the Paiou channel, some men were waiting for them on the coast, on land.