vosau² what

Part of Speech	clitic constr
MWE Structure	prep = adv
Morphology	vo=sau
Gloss	like=what

• • what
  • • questions

  Comment

  <vosau2> occurs as a collocate of <paku> 'do' and expresses an extended meaning of <vosau1>. Literally <paku vosau> could be translated by 'in which direction should one act?'

  • • Example 9474:
      

      Evehee enaa toro paku vosau?

      But what could I do?

      Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 377

    • Example 9475:
      

      ... meam paa paku vosau?

      (When the Civil War broke out in Bougainville in 1989,) what did you do?

      Source: Mor 01R 544

Related entries

• See also:
  • havee to paa paku vo what did someone do?
  • vo sau² what
  • sau² whatever
  • vo...sau² how / (like) whatever