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

Part of Speech vi
    • 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
    • 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

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