paoli’
English: Translation
return home; go back home; come home
English: Definition
To return toward one’s home, residence, or usual place after being away.
Part of Speech
verb
Example Sentence
Paoli’ na ako.
English: Example Sentence
I am going back home.
Morphology
[ROOT: oli’] pa- + oli’
Notes
Semantic Domain: Motion; Home and residence
Notes:
The English choice between come home and go homedepends on the speaker’s deictic perspective. The Boie’nen form primarily expresses homeward return.
Related Entries:
oli’ — Derived from
Linguistic History
Comparable with Philippine pa- + uli’ constructions meaning “return home.”