asun beat somebody up; kill / destroy

Part of Speech vt/vd
    • beat somebody up; kill
      • unclassified
      • Example 390:
        Bea bua too vavaagunaha kave rahi vatatana bata ni rori bono buo punete kave, eori repaa asun bona iana en komana kave.
        When the two people who let the net down pull the two edges of the net together, they kill the fish inside the net.
        Source: Eno 12W 015
      • Example 391:
        Amaa aba vai he to paa hanau teo mata kave na asun ri raara bono popoura.
        The ones that hang in the mashes of the net, we kill them with the popoura baton.
        Source: Eno 12W 017
      • Example 392:
        O meho chief na asun bata ri nom nam.
        We kill the other chiefs.
        Source: Mah 13R 0466
    • destroy
      • Example 393:
        O torovaagina bona he o dorana masin to dao riori bona bomber meve paa asun bono buaku o torovaatahii.
        This plane with four engines is called a bomber, and it destroyed two ships.
        Source: Eno Tah 01E(Eno) 146-147

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