~langiro plant Colocasia taros (avtebe, jebute)

Part of Speech verb, intransitive
Phonetic Form (i·)laŋiro
    • plant Colocasia taros (avtebe, jebute)
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    • Encyclopedic Info Synt.: The verb is intransitive, as the verb root itself implies the type of taro. However, it is often followed by the possessive classifier (enaka).
      • Example 1382:
        Li-teli avtebe i-le i-le i-le, li-langiro adapa ponu.
        So they went to plant Colocasia taros; they did all the taro-planting they needed. [lit. they taro-planted theirs.]

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