voosu vaan return to the village; go home

Part of Speech vi.constr
MWE Structure vi - n
Morphology voosu vaan
Gloss go.home village
    • return to the village; go home
      • motion
      • comment Note that <vaan> functions as an adverbial and stands outside the verb complex as illustrated by the example Tah 05R 064-065
      • Example 8049:
        Meori paa voosu vaan.
        And they went home to the village.
        Source:
        Nan 03R 057
      • Example 9458:
        Hua voosu vai a otei, paa voosu vahau vaan.
        Paddled home, the man, went back home to the village.
        Source:
        Tah 05R 064-065

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