tevie side of ‹s.th.› / (in) the vicinity of / (on) the other side of [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	tevie
Tanema Equivalent	lavele
Lovono Equivalent	leve

1. • side of ‹s.th.›

   Syntactic Restriction	often with ne preposition
   (Part of) Synonym (for)	waluko

   • • Example 2446:
       

       Mata ene tevie i-meli.

       My eye is hurting on one side.

2. • (in) the vicinity of

   • • Example 2447:
       

       Sekele peini jebute upa i-wene ne tevie.

       Our taro garden is located close to here [lit. on the side]

3. • (on) the other side of

   • • Example 1301:
       

       ne tevie kulumoe

       the other side of the world

4. • topic, issue; regard

Related entries

• Is Part of:
  • tevie… tevie… one side, the other side; hence partly X, partly Y
• See also:
  • tevie teve indicates a direction in space / akin to, closer to ‹a certain type›; Cf. Eng. “on the X side” / about ‹a certain subject›
  • pwama side / shore, bank
  • teve towards ‹such and such direction› / beside, by ‹a location› / (stay+) by ‹s.o.›, with ‹s.o.› / be, exist with ‹s.o.›; equiv. of Eng. ‘have’ / (take+) from ‹s.o.› / dependent on ‹s.o.›, relative to ‹s.o.›; hence to ‹s.o.›, for ‹s.o.› / (other) than ‹s.o.›