~asai sew ‹clothes+› / stitch up ‹wound›

Part of Speech	verb, transitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)asai
Tanema Equivalent	~so
Lovono Equivalent	~se

1. • sew ‹clothes+›

   • • Example 240:
       

       li-asai lusa idi

       sew a shirt

2. • stitch up ‹wound›

   Syntactic Restriction

   medic.

   • • Example 241:
       

       Ni-woi basa ene li-asai.

       I banged by head, and it was stitched up.

Related entries

• See also:
  • ~si⁴ make ‹fishing net, pele› by weaving or sewing it together
  • ~wete violently push a long, hard object into ‹s.o., s.th.›: pierce, spear, stab, pound+ / spear ‹fish+› / shoot ‹s.o., s.th.› with arrow / pound ‹s.o., s.th.› with the end of a long stick, or any similar implement / drive ‹digging stick, ekuo› into the ground, to soften it when planting tubers / dig out ‹swamp taro, vivilo› by driving a digging stick into the ground; hence harvest / pound ‹taros, almonds+› in a bowl, using a long and heavy pestle / grind ‹kava+› using a longish coral stone or a pestle / pin ‹clothes, leaves+› using a needle or a small pointed stick