tataono over; from above; on top

Part of Speech	adv
Morphology	ta-taono
Gloss	RED-put.on.top

• • over; from above; on top
  • • spatial relations

  Comment

  <tataono> is only found as a modifier of a verb heading a verb complex

  • • Example 7335:
      

      Aa, kookoa tataono vai ni bene maurata.

      Aa, pour it now over the maurata girl.

      Source: Vos 03R(Vos) 206

    • Example 7336:
      

      Meori paa vaogaoga tataono ni kanaa.

      (... and they were shocked, when they saw the wound on my forehead.) And they cried over me.

      Source: Hoa 02E(Joy) 079

    • Example 7337:
      

      e tamanae he ma navuhu tataono bona komano sinivi.

      when his father beat him up in the canoe.

      Source: Aro 02E(Eno) 125

Related entries

• See also:
  • taono¹ put something on top of something else
  • taotaono weight something down (with something)
  • kookoa tataono ni pour (saltwater) over somebody
  • navuhu tataono ni beat somebody up