tatana meet somebody / resist something; defeat somebody

Part of Speech vt
    • meet somebody
      • social interaction
      • Example 4417:
        me peana me nana bona aba vai to paa kao tatana mau bona, amaa meha papana he nomaa meori asun bari.
        and while he was busy with this person that had come to meet him, the others came and hit him.
        Source: Sii 06RG 501-503
      • Example 7333:
        O vahara beiko vai to sikuuru rori Roreinang na tatana maa roho anaa.
        The children who went to school in Roreinang had come to meet me.
        Source: Rum 01E(Joy) 046
      • Example 7334:
        Benam voosu vaha maa, eam paa tatana maa, eam ma gogi a sinivi iana.
        When we (the men) come back home again, you (the women) will meet us, you will come (and) celebrate the canoes (full of) fish.
        Source: Sii 06RG 290-293
    • resist something; defeat somebody
      • Example 694:
        Mea ta Australia saka paa antee bau haa tea tatana papahiana ri bari tea puana bona.
        And maybe, the Australians could not defeat them by themselves in this war. (And so the Australians formed an alliance with the other countries, America and New Zealand, ...)
        Source: Eno Tah 01E(Eno) 010
      • Example 1915:
        O potee na antee nana tea tatana bona too hata.
        The potee canoe can resist bad weather.
        Source: Mor 04E(Eno) 051

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