tara vahikihikina see that nobody is there

Part of Speech vi.constr
MWE Structure vi - adv
Morphology tara va-hiki-hiki-na
Gloss see ADVR-RED-not.exist-?
    • see that nobody is there
      • perception
      • Example 7227:
        meori paa nao, eori he tara vahikihikina koa, meori paa sue, "Manae! E Roosuu sa tei haana, gara are osi vakahu o baneo!"
        and they went, (and) when they saw that nobody was there, they said, "Boys! The giant is not around, come on, let's quickly pick the breadfruits!"
        Source: Jen 01E(Eno) 011-015

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  • See also:
    • tara vahiki see that someone or something is not there