hikikina1 (of the village) deserted; empty

Part of Speech vi
    • (of the village) deserted; empty
      • negation
      • Example 2069:
        Beara nao Kekesu tea lotu, a vaan teara ore paa hikikina.
        When we go to Kekesu for the service, our village is deserted.
        Source: SiiSen 2009W 009
      • Example 2070:
        Bea vaan hikikina, a naovana bona, ore paa toka teo naono vai to pasi gono vamataa kurus nae bona toa.
        When the village is deserted, this bird (an eagle species called deedeetoa in Teop) perches on a tree from which it easily gets the chicken.
        Source: Sii 43W 121
      • Example 2071:
        A vaan a hikikina, amaa tavaan paa tagusi vuru mohina.
        The village is empty, the people all went to the garden.
        Source: SaoSen 01W 034

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  • See also:
    • deedeetoa Chicken-Carrier, goshawk
    • opin deserted, uninhabited, abandoned
    • tagusi swarm out; go all
    • vaahikikina abandon a place so that it is completely deserted
    • hikihikina be without anybody; deserted