~vo¹ pound, beat ‹s.th.›, esp. with long and heavy stick / grind, [...]

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

1. • pound, beat ‹s.th.›, esp. with long and heavy stick

   • • Example 2668:
       

       Dapa noma li-vo kangele kome li-ia kome.

       People in the past used to smash giant clams and grind them into axes.

2. • grind, crush ‹nuts+›

   Sense Comment

   esp

   • • Example 2669:
       

       li-vo vongoro

       to crush canarium almonds

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S130

Related entries

• See also:
  • ~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
  • ~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+