mate kahi die leaving someone behind

Part of Speech vt.constr
MWE Structure vi - prep
Morphology mate kahi
Gloss die from
    • die leaving someone behind
      • body & health
      • Example 2399:
        O iaa! O tetee! Sovee rakaha meam paa mate kahi anaa?
        Mum! Dad! Why indeed did you both die leaving me behind?
        Source: Sha 01E(Eno) 024
      • Example 3859:
        ... meve paa mate kahi bona, evehee kukan sivao nana.
        and she died when he was three months old. (lit. died leaving him, but was three months)
        Source: Joy 14W 011
      • Example 4332:
        Na mate kahi bona peha totoka beiko.
        He died leaving six children.
        Source: Joy 14W 120
      • Example 4333:
        Me teo peho bon mea sinanae paa mate, mepaa mate kahi bene Toovarapiri bo tamanae.
        One day his mother died and left Toovarapiri and his father behind.
        Source: Nan 03E(Eno) 007

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  • See also:
    • kahi1 away from; from; leaving
    • vaneagu ni adopt; care for an orphaned child