paku voen do (it) like this; be done like this; be like this

Part of Speech vi.constr
MWE Structure vt - prep - adv
Morphology paku vo=en
Gloss do like=DEM3
    • do (it) like this; be done like this; be like this
      • unclassified
      • Example 5320:
        meori paa paku voen
        and they did it like this: (They) exchanged their baskets of taro, ha?)
        Source:
        Vos 02R(Vos) 066
      • Example 5321:
        Enam repaa paku voen to sue bata vo nae.
        Then we did as she was telling us.
        Source:
        Nah 01E(Joy) 068
      • Example 5322:
        Mepaa paku voen to paku vo nae nomana.
        And then it was like what it is like today. (lit. was done like this like what it is done today)
        Source:
        Hoa 02E(Joy) 090

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