BUA3-027 
2021.04.20 
Fieldnotes 
Henry’s spatial language elicitation 
Va-ʻini wai o Rewa me laxo 
“Rewa is going upstream/inland” 
ʻini - end / ten 
Laxo sobu mai vuriwai o Rewa 
“Rewa is walking downriver” 
(walking down from the river) 
Sobu – down, below 
Vuriwai – river 
O xea sa laxo e na waiʻui 
“He’s going towards the ocean” 
I veixauxau – to the interior 
O xea e sa xabaʻi e  
Xabaʻi – to clib 
O Rajaina sa sirosobu sa tani tomaniʻivi mai 
“ 
Siro sobu – go downhill 
Laxo sobu – go down (used in a different environment than siro sobu) 
O xea sa maʻai ʻixo 
“Heʻs ahead (of me)” 
(lit. He is being first) 
O xea vale xaloxalo e ʻixo volexaʻa na maʻasawa 
“The star hous is near the beach” 
Xaloxalo – star 
Volexaʻa – near 
Maʻasawa – beachfront 
O xea vale xaloxalo e ʻixo i veixacu 
“The star hous is in the forest” 
A vale droxadroxa e ʻixo siviʻa maʻai ni wavu kai ʻixo na baʻi ni gaunisala “The green house is past the first bridge and next to the road (on the side of the raod)”
Droxadroxa – green 
Siviʻa – passed 
Wavu – bridge  
Baʻi – right next to 
ganisala – road  
o xea a vale xaloxalo mosiviʻa maʻai ni wavu, sa kai ixo na kai soʻava e tuga viro e gaunisala  me xaʻi ixo xi na vale xaloxalo  
“The green house is past the first brige, then youʻre going to meet another road that will take  you to the star home” 
Mo-siviʻa – for you to pass (emphasizing it, you must pass that bridge) Soʻava -to meet run into, come across  
Xaʻi - take  
O xea vale loloma e ʻixo volexa(‘a?) maʻasawa 
“The heart house is near the beach” 
Sa luʻu sobu a maʻanisiga 
“the sun is setting” 
Maʻanisiga – sun (eye of the sky) 
Sa cabe mai a maʻanisiga 
“the sun is rising” 
Cabe – rise, climb 
A vale xaraxarawa e ʻixo e na telana i caxe volexa ni ʻulu ni vanua 
“The blue house is in the high elevation area, up near the peak of the mountain” 
Xaraxarawa – blue  
Telana – high elevation area 
Caxe – up 
ʻulu ni vanua – peak of the mountain 
Mai na vale tamutamu,  
“From the red house 
E ‘u gaunisala me xa’I o xea ‘ixo xina ma’asawa o xea ‘ixo xina a vale pigi.  “There is a road that takes you there to the beach (where) the pink house is” 
A vale loaloa e ‘ixo volexa’a a gaunisala levu 
“The black house is near the big road” 
Veilu’ulu’u ni ulunivanua 
“Valley of the mountain tops”