hiava go up (to a place in the mountains); move upwards / go up (to a [...]

Part of Speech

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1. • go up (to a place in the mountains); move upwards
   • • motion
     • spatial relations

   • • Example 26:
       

       Amaa meha maa vuri a iana bona ore paa abana hiava namana.

       Sometimes this fish jumps high up out of the ocean. (i.e. the tanini mackerel)

       Source:

       Sii 46W 099

     • Example 2018:
       

       eove o vinu to hiava vaha nao roho naa Taonita -

       It was the year that I went up again to Taonita - (a place in the mountains).

       Source:

       Tav 01E(Joy) 114

2. • go up (to a place in the ocean)

   • • Example 2019:
       

       me naa paa hiava nao Solomon

       I went up to the Solomon Islands.

       Source:

       Mor 01R 650

     • Example 2020:
       

       a abana na ena hiava koari

       Only the men swim out (to the ship) ( lit. only the men swim upwards)

       Source:

       Pur 02E(Eno) 055

Related entries

• See also:
  • gunaha go or come down; go or come down from the mountains to the beach / come ashore
  • hua hiava paddle to the deep sea
  • kaesi hiava pull a canoe up to the beach; pull a canoe ashore
  • abana hiava jump up
  • hivi hiava ask angrily
  • hua hiava ni use something for paddling up to the deep sea
  • kaakoo hiava go up
  • kao hiava go up; move up; rise
  • pura hiava¹ (of plants) grow up
  • pura hiava² (of a tree) height
  • sun hiava¹ stand up; rise; be high
  • sun hiava² height
  • ta hiava mountain people
  • vaasun hiava put something up
  • vahiava¹ inland, in the mountains
  • vahiava² high
• Subentry:
  • hiihiava go up regularly