vomaen² a quotative form preceding direct speech; that (introducing [...]

• • a quotative form preceding direct speech; that (introducing indirect speech)
  • • grammar

  • • Example 9424:
      

      me paa boha vomaen, "A vaan tenaa pahi kou!"

      and (he) said, "(It's) my home though!"

      Source:

      Val 02R 070-071

    • Example 9425:
      

      Ere tamene Siimaa he baitono kaveru koa vomaen a Siapani kahi asun anomanam meori paa nomaa meori paa ma mee amanam.

      Siimaa's father and his companions secretly overheard that the Japanese would kill us, they would come and take us (somewhere).

      Source:

      Eno Aro 01E 057

Related entries

• See also:
  • en here, referring to the place where the speaker or the protagonist of the story is / this; the following
  • maa¹ here (hither); to the place I am talking about; for onself
  • vo² like; according to