The following list of FAhA cmavo gives rough English glosses for the cmavo, first when used without mo'i to express a direction, and then when used with mo'i to express movement in the direction. When possible, the gismu from which the cmavo is derived is also listed.
bu'u |
coincident with ; at the same place as |
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ca'u |
crane |
in front (of) |
forward |
ti'a |
trixe |
behind |
backward |
zu'a |
zunle |
on the left (of) |
leftward |
ri'u |
pritu |
on the right (of) |
rightward |
ga'u |
gapru |
above |
upward(ly) |
ni'a |
cnita |
below |
downward(ly) |
ne'i |
nenri |
within |
into |
ru'u |
sruri |
surrounding |
orbiting |
pa'o |
pagre |
transfixing |
passing through |
ne'a |
next to |
moving while next to |
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te'e |
bordering |
moving along the border (of) |
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re'o |
adjacent (to) |
along |
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fa'a |
farna |
towards |
arriving at |
to'o |
away from |
departing from |
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zo'i |
inward (from) |
approaching |
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ze'o |
outward (from) |
receding from |
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zo'a |
tangential (to) |
passing (by) |
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be'a |
berti |
north (of) |
northward(ly) |
ne'u |
snanu |
south (of) |
southward(ly) |
du'a |
stuna |
east (of) |
eastward(ly) |
vu'a |
west (of) |
westward(ly) |
Special note on fa'a , to'o , zo'i , and ze'o :
zo'i and ze'o refer to direction towards or away from the speaker's location, or whatever the origin is.
fa'a and to'o refer to direction towards or away from some other point.