mee¹ lead, take or bring someone somewhere

Part of Speech

vt

• • lead, take or bring someone somewhere
  • • transfer

  Comment

  <mee> is frequently modified by one of the two directional adverbs <maa> 'hither`and <nao> 'thither' both of which may combine with clitics, e.g. <mau>, <amau>; and <naona> in the examples below.

  • • Example 3660:
      

      Ean paa mee komana mau anaa, enaa sa antee haa nom tea gunaha.

      You yourself have brought me here, I cannot get down.

      Source: Vae 01R 328

    • Example 4377:
      

      Meori paa mee anaa hausiki vaa Vaakonaia.

      So, they sent me to the hospital in Vaakonaia (Wakunai General Hospital)

      Source: Hoa 02E(Joy) 084

    • Example 4378:
      

      ... mepaa sue vataaree ki nao bona voen, na mee bata ri naona bona ta Teapu.

      ... and informed him that he was leading the Teop people there.

      Source: Sii Ond 01W 130

Related entries

• See also:
  • tagihu go into the jungle; go into the bush
  • mee hovo lead, take or bring someone inside
  • meemee¹ take someone (somewhere) regularly
  • too mee escort
  • vaamee lead somebody; show somebody the way
  • vamee guide somebody; lead someone somewhere; show somebody the way
  • vamee ni lead a group of people doing something