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(70) ar 'toward the lagoon side'
āne 'islandward or shoreward'
lal 'downward'
lōn# 'upward'
lik 'toward the oceanside'
maan 'forward'
meto 'seaward'
nin#ean# 'northward'
nooj 'interiorward'
rōkean# 'southward'
tak 'eastward'
to 'westward'
The use of the two sets of directionals is illustrated by (71)-(75). Notice that the order of
verbal suffixes in these sentences is geographic directional first, followed by the deictic
directional.
(71) Lōmaro r-ar jū-lin#-lok ik n#an bao eo.
Lōmaro r-ar ju-lōn#-lok ek n#an bao eo.
those.men 3pl.agr-T(past) throw-upward-away.from.both fish to bird the.s
'Those men threw the fish up to the bird.'
(Zewen 1977:130)
(72) Lio e-ar bōk-meto-lok larrik eo
Lio e-ar bōk-meto-lok laddik eo
the.woman 3s.agr-T(past) take-seaward-away.from.speaker boy the.s
neji-n ilo jābi.
neji-n ilo jāpe.
cher.poss-3s.gen in wooden.bowl
'The woman took her son to the ocean in a wooden bowl.'
(Zewen 1977:130)
(73) Jar in tarinae e-j i-rōk-tā-lok.
Jar in tarinae e-j i-rōk-ta-lok.
group of war 3s.agr-T(pres) go-south-east-away.from.both
'The army is going southeastward.'
(Zewen 1977:130)
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