gina up; above; on top / out to the sea / north (of)

Part of Speech adv
    • up; above; on top
      • spatial relations
      • Comment The adverb <gina> is not incorporated into the verb complex.
      • Example 1591:
        Tea tovuhu, a vaan a tovuhu gina!
        As for the cold, the village was cold up there.
        Source: Iar 01R 064
      • Example 1592:
        mepaa peha teo naono gina
        and climbed high up on a tree
        Source: Mor 03E(Eno) 102
      • Example 1593:
        Subuava paa gono koa bona sivao, viki hiava ni bona gina teo unuunu.
        The old woman just got the moon, flung it high up into the clouds.
        Source: Mui 01R 102-104
      • Example 1594:
        Enaa na tara vatotobin nom beo torovaagina vaasuasun nana gina.
        I directly saw a plane fighting high up (in the air).
        Source: Eno Tah 01E(Eno) 140
      • Example 1595:
        O naovana bari saka tei vahuusu bata haari bona kasuana. Na vananaovo bata maari gina vavura.
        These birds do not stay close to the beach. They fly far away high up. (i.e. the frigate birds called <roromaio>)
        Source: Sii 43W 132-133
    • out to the sea
      • spatial relations
      • Example 766:
        O buha vaarii o bebebeera na kaakoo maari gina namana.
        These very big dolphins go to the high ocean.
        Source: Vaa 09W 096
      • Example 1596:
        A masi vaa Teoboo a bebeahu kurus. Taneo nana Numanuma kasuana, ore paa hiava rakaha voen gina sana.
        The reef at Teoboo is very long. It starts at Numanuma at the beach, then it (the reef) goes up like this very far (lit. high) into the sea.
        Source: Mor 03R 003-005
    • north (of)
      • Example 1597:
        Agaa vai gina na Teavorana.
        He anchored north of Teavorana.
        Source: Primer 05W:32
      • Example 1598:
        Enam na teitei gina na Pusukobuu.
        We were staying north of Pusukobuu.
        Source: Eno Tah 01E(Eno) 095

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