~tobo² press ‹s.th., s.o.› with finger or longish object (stick+); poke [...]

Part of Speech	verb, transitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)toᵐbo

1. • press ‹s.th., s.o.› with finger or longish object (stick+); poke ‹s.th., s.o.›

   • • Example 2476:
       

       U-tobo ma ene etapu!

       Stop poking my arm!

2. • pierce a hole in ‹s.th.›

   • • Example 2318:
       

       Ka li-tobo ñe tamate pe ka mata mwaliko i-ke me i-romo.

       They've made holes in the Tamate masks, so that (the dancer) can see through.

     • Example 2477:
       

       I-tobo tanoe pon i-vene.

       It made a hole from below the ground, and came out of it.

3. • hook ‹bait› on fish hook

   Sense Comment

   esp

   • • Example 2478:
       

       Kape le-tobo ñe kangele teuko ono me le-mede ñe namuko.

       We'll hook it on your hook, to attract fish.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ~tobo¹ poke out, break through, in the form of a longish object
  • ~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:
  • ~woi stick ‹long object: knife+› into s.th.; thrust, drive in / plant ‹manioc+› into the ground / put up, erect ‹post+› by sticking it in ground / bang ‹body part› with a shock / bang ‹heavy object› with a noise
  • ~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