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yogoyogohiVinstretching out (to be)Ya eno'eno ya yogoyogohi, na yo fede, feti ya talopa. She was lying down, and she was stretching out, and then the shelf broke down.
yohuVincurved, to be
yohu-Vin > adjpfxRDP
yohuyohunaadjcurvedNigo mo'amo'ana yo yohuyohuna yai, witi wa sa ibodi. Nigona mate, yohuyohuna wa doha ka'e senana.They cut the wheat with a sharp curved knife. The curve of the knife was like a piece of pearl shell.yo nimana yai mate nigo mo'amo'ana na yohuyohuna.and in his hand was a sharp, curved knife.{Nigo yohuyohuna} curved knife i.e., "a sickle."
yoiinterjyoi
yolenaEXCL1eesh!2tut-tut!Yolena, Taumayamiu! Hige au saguhigu ni. Au miyamiya! Na haba ma nanatugu 'e kalahe.Eesh! Your shame! You didn't help me then, so you stay! I and my children will eat it.
yomayomann1spring of waterNa yomayoman yai ho'owa ya kalamahano be tanohi ya 'wau.But water came out from springs and moistened (wet) the land2water springing upYomayoman mwahuli ya felefelen.He is giving him a living spring of water.
yomeVtrsewov. synbwadiyome nonohai 2
yome nonohaVtrsew in readiness, to
yome nonohaiVtr1sew s.th. in preparation (to)2prepare s.th. by sewing (to)Ena gwayali, mate tinana oyagi yai ya ladi, be ya yome nonohai. Gwayalina mate, Guyuwa ana gwayali.As for his traditional mat, his mother heated it in the fire, then she prepared it by sewing. His mat now, it was Octopus's mat.ov. synbwadiyome3sew it in preparation, to
yomeyome3BHyomeyome4Vtrsew (to)
yomeyome5Vtrsew (to)ov. synbwadibwadibwadi
yo'o1Vtrlook for it (to)2Vtrlook for something (to)3Vtrsearch for something (to)4Vtrhunt for something (to)Na yau tamagu yo tatau ou'ouli sabati yai, 'e bebedula bena suwana 'e yo'o, be hige hesa ai tohai.Now on a Sunday my father and all the men went pig netting so we might find a wild pig, but we did not catch anything."Au miyamiya, na 'e lau kalahe ada 'e yo'o."You stay, and we (will) go and search for our food."Na amban wa yo'oi, yo doha somo-somo wa ginaulidi,...But you search for food, and you do like that,...5Vtrseek for something (to)ov. synangwali 1antoha 7fagwaligwali 1gwalidi 1tohai 5unspec. var. oftoha~gwafugwafui6Vtrseek for him (to)7gerlooking for it (to be)8Vtrlook for it, to9gersearchlaulau~yo'oiyo'o fata'i'ilicomp.Vtrsearch all around it, toTautaumoho ume'ehu wa ya yo'o fatai'i'li mate, lahuna hige i ita, ya tauyamuhi.As for the man, he searched all around the stone, nd he did not see his wife, she had disappeared.
yo'o-Vtr > VtrpfxRDP{yo'oyo'oi} and compounds such as {yo'o~asaha}.
yo'o ma'udaVtrfinished looking for them (to be)Ha'a kalahe 'e yo'o ma'uda. 'E laowa.We've alresdy finished looking for our food. We're going.
yo'o~asaha1Vtrsearch for s.th. in vain (to)Weso wa ya fuyoma katinona ya yo'o asahaidi.The snake came back and searched in vain for her eggs.
yo'o~bodaVtrsearch again (to)Tabu wikinisi ta yo'o~boda!Don't search for anymore witnesses!
yo'o~komakomani'iVtrlook for s.th. carefully (to)
yo'oiVtrseek (to)