vo¹ to; towards

Part of Speech	prep
Morphology	vo
Gloss	GOAL

• • to; towards
  • • spatial relations

  comment

  <vo> is often incorporated in the verb complex. It governs a Locative Phrase (LocP), which in constrast to NPs does not have an article, an adverb, or a prepositional phrase introduced by <te>.

  • • Example 4343:
      

      Eam pasi vaakaku vaha vo mau vaan.

      You shall come back again here to the village.

      Source:

      Nan 01R 032

    • Example 9398:
      

      Ean toro dee mae vo vaan.

      You must bring it here to the village.

      Source:

      Sta 01E(Eno) 033

    • Example 9399:
      

      ... mea bua tom keara paa nao vo tea meha vaan.

      (When the giant had died,) the two sisters went to another village.

      Source:

      Skae 02W 142

Related entries

• See also:
  • venei¹ here
  • vonae he, she, or it ... to
  • arau vo get used to a place; adapt to a place
  • naonao vo go somewhere regularly
  • obete vaavaha vo lie outside from a place
  • pita vo walk to a place
  • vo sau¹ where (to)
  • vo teebona¹ there, to that place
  • voam you (pl.)... to
  • vomaen¹ here to ... (a specific place)
  • vona¹ to
  • vonoi (over) there
  • vo...sau¹ where (to)