agomo put something into the mouth; swallow something

Part of Speech vt
    • put something into the mouth; swallow something
      • body & health
      • Example 58:
        Agomo are tean, ean repaa naanaha meve bono marai ae a eva tean.
        Put your betel nut into your mouth, then you chew it with pepper and your lime.
        Source: Jan 01W 002-003
      • Example 59:
        Teebona to kahi avuhu ae tara mau o iana bona, eori repaa maa agomo bona beana.
        So the fishes will smell and see it, and then they will come and swallow the bait.
        Source: Eno 15W 011
      • Example 60:
        A iana kahi koto mau be boha voen a sii rutaa iana to nao batana, eve repaa ma agomo vahoara bona iri.
        A fish will bite when it thinks that a little fish is swimming along, and then it comes and accidentally swallows the hook.
        Source: Eno 16W 043

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  • See also:
    • agomo put something into the mouth; swallow something
    • avuhu2 smell something
    • beana1 bait (small fish, hermit crabs, bits and pieces of octopus, a type of sea-sausage called "sea-sausage mahaa"
    • iri fishhook