~vesu¹ erect, put up, stand up ‹s.th.› vertically / perform (?) ‹dances+›

Part of Speech	verb, transitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)vesu
Morphology	Cf. (?) ~vene ‘go up’

1. • erect, put up, stand up ‹s.th.› vertically

   • • Example 2596:
       

       Li-vesu wolowolo

       erect a cross

     • Example 2597:
       

       Li-vesu blateno i-vio.

       They erected the ritual pole.

     • Example 2598:
       

       Li-vesu moe.

       erect a house

     • Example 2599:
       

       Li-nabe na ini wako, li-vesu iuro.

       Once we've marked the site (of the house), we stand up the pillars.

2. • perform (?) ‹dances+›

   • • Example 2600:
       

       I-ko kape le-vesu makone, ngapiene.

       He wanted people to perform dances, to hold a dancing festival.

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S128

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ~vesu² rise, go up / sail
• Is Part of:
  • ~vesu bavede sail, go sailing, travel on sailing boat
• See also:
  • ~vo² ‘hit’, reach the limits of ‹a place›; hence fill ‹a place›, take up ‹room›
  • ~venei take s.th. upwards / set up, create
  • ~vio² (be, move) in a standing position / (move s.th.+) so it stands upright; hence erect ‹s.th.› / (take, move s.th.) so it ends up being located somewhere; hence put up ‹s.th.›