aromo swallow something

Part of Speech vt
    • swallow something
      • body & health
      • Example 348:
        Bean tau vaa'an a beiko bona iana, ean repaa gigi vamataa a iana, ean repaa gigi vamataa a iana, ore goe ta aromo bona sinoo.
        Before you give fish to a child, you nicely pick out the meat of the fish, so that he does not swallow the bones.
        Source: Sii 47W 078-080
      • Example 349:
        Enaa tau paa tahi vue o buuniau, a buha he ma aromo kahi anaa bona.
        I was about to spear a squid, but a dolphin came and swallowed it before me.
        Source: Eno 11W 030-031
      • Example 350:
        O sinoo iana rau to mene aromo vohara an.
        There's a fish bone that you should not swallow by mistake.
        Source: SiiSen 01W 599

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  • See also:
    • buha dolphin
    • buuniau squid
    • sinoo1 (of humans and animals) bone / (of leaves) midrib
    • gigi pick out the meat (of cooked fish with one's fingers)