mi1 with somebody or something

Part of Speech prep
Variant Form(s) me
Morphology mi
Gloss with
    • with somebody or something
      • grammar
      • Comment This preposition can be incorporated into the verb complex, as shown by the example [Aro 02R 041-042] below. If the complement of the preposition is a 1st or 2nd person pronoun, this pronoun is in addition marked by the dative preposition <ki / k=>; see example [Mah 13(Eno) 223].
      • Example 4494:
        Eori he taneo tea popo mi bona moon vai.
        When they began to live with this woman.
        Source: Nan 03E(Eno) 012
      • Example 4495:
        O Gii, Gii, paapoo mi nom a sibono manii, ...
        Oh Gii, Gii, stay at home with the possum rack, (we go to the garden, (take care) that a dog does not eat them.)
        Source: Aro 02R 041-042
      • Example 4496:
        saka kiukiu haa mi kanaa
        (other chiefs ...) did not work with me
        Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 223

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