paku vo do something like something / be like something

Part of Speech vi.constr
MWE Structure vi/vt - prep
Morphology paku vo
Gloss do like
    • do something like something
      • comparison
      • Comment The preposition <vo> 'like' takes an adverb or adverb construction as its complement, which translates as a direct object in the combination with <paku> 'do'.
      • Example 5313:
        "Iii! Keara tenaa, havee to paa paku vo vuan?"
        "Ih! My brother, what have you done?" (lit. What (is it) that you have done like?)
        Source: Mom 01E(Joy) 080
      • Example 5314:
        A buaku vaa gina he paa toku vaevuru havee to kahi paku vo riori.
        But the two on top did not know what to do. (lit. what (is it) that they would do like)
        Source: Jen 01R 049
    • be like something
      • Example 5315:
        Havee to paa paku vo mau a beiko tenaa?
        How is my child? (lit. What (is it) that my child has done like)
        Source: Nan 03R 101

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