~tavea float; drift

Part of Speech verb, intransitive
Phonetic Form (i·)tavea
    • float; drift
      • Example 2348:
        U-laioi bete ne mwotono me i-tavea i-le.
        You throw the mat into the ocean, so it drifts away.
      • Example 2349:
        Dapa ne da ka li-bu awoiu. Vana ka li-tavea li-koie li-sai i-katau temaka ponu.
        All their relatives died instantly. Their [bodies] were floating, washing ashore along the beach.
        Example URL
        https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S125