vatatana² each other; with one another; together

• • each other; with one another; together
  • • social interaction

  Comment

  Instead of classifying <vatatana> as an adverb, it could be classified as a serial verb, though the meaning 'meet each other' is reduced to 'each other' in the serial verb construction.

  • • Example 846:
      

      Benam kahi vamoromoroko vatatana, amaa taba repaa hata.

      When we talked with one another, things became bad.

      Source: Mah 13R 0325-0326

    • Example 8421:
      

      mepaa suguna eori he vaharaharaa kikisi vatatana,

      until they were boasting about their strength to each other, (lit. 'and it arrived, they were strength-feeling each other)

      Source: Val 02E(Eno) 009

    • Example 8563:
      

      eori repaa vakakaku vatatana ni bona maa taba puana,

      and then they break the weapons together,

      Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 438

    • Example 8626:
      

      Ei kasuana koai, eam na vakiu vatatana nom ge ahiki?

      Only here at the coast, do you work together or not?

      Source: Vos 01R(Sao) 028

Related entries

• See also:
  • rahi vatatana ni pull two or more things together
  • tatana meet somebody / resist something; defeat somebody
  • vatatana¹ meet each other
  • vahaihai vatatana help each other
  • vakiu (of many people) work
  • vamoromoroko vatatana talk with one another