~tobo¹ poke out, break through, in the form of a longish object

• • poke out, break through, in the form of a longish object

  • • Example 2203:
      

      Dapa li-romo vilisao ka i-tobo i-ke – li-romo nga luro.

      They suddenly saw a tornado break through the clouds – it was [long and thin] like a coconut tree.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ~tobo² press ‹s.th., s.o.› with finger or longish object (stick+); poke ‹s.th., s.o.› / pierce a hole in ‹s.th.› / hook ‹bait› on fish hook
  • ~tobo³ wave or raise o.'s finger (at s.th., ñe) / use o.'s finger to measure the length (of s.th., ñe); hence measure / indicate, signal (s.th., ñe)
• See also:
  • ~abu³ hit, strike ‹s.th., s.o.›, typic. with o.'s hands / have an impact upon ‹s.th., s.o.›, affect / play ‹musical instrument› using hands / kill, slay, murder ‹s.o.› / kill ‹animal›, hence hunt, fish+