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A multifunctional Teop-English dictionary: Example 4126
Word senses:
manii
a girl that accompanies an adolescent girl in her initiation ceremony after the latter had had her first menstruation
momohu ki
be the first of some people to do something; do something before somebody else
peepeha
climb (habitually)
Rerau, na antee nana a beiko vai to peepeha momohu bata ki nana bona moon, na dao riori bona manii.
And so, it is alright for the child that climbs first before the girl, they call the possum (i.e. before the maurata girl).
Source:
Vos 03R(Vos) 169-170
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A multifunctional Teop-English dictionary
by
Ulrike Mosel
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