~vai bake ‹food›, cook in the stone oven (awene)

Part of Speech	verb, transitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)vai
Tanema Equivalent	~oba
Lovono Equivalent	~lube

• • bake ‹food›, cook in the stone oven (awene)

  • • Example 1257:
      

      Komoudo, va li-vai kokoro me peini melevele.

      Clam shells are commonly dried in the fire, and preserved in case of a famine.

      Example Comment

      resultative

    • Example 2547:
      

      li-vai uo

      bake yams

    • Example 2565:
      

      Le-vai vioe ne awene.

      We bake taro in the stone oven.

Related entries

• See also:
  • awene traditional stone oven
  • none² food / meal, dinner; esp. collective meal, feast