avaha die and become empty (of shellfish)

Part of Speech vi
    • die and become empty (of shellfish)
      • animals, shellfish
      • Example 448:
        ... ore paa avaha komana tahii.
        (But when we do not see them,) they die in the sea so that only the shell remains there.
        Source: Sii 45W(Joy) 304
      • Example 449:
        O pusu biae vai na avaha roho, ...
        This Commercial Trochus shell had become empty, ...
        Source: Sii 18W 026
      • Example 450:
        O biae vai o tootoo na marabi nana a suin nae, beve avaha o girogiroas nae repaa vataaree vamataa.
        When alive, the Commercial Trochus has a brown body, when it gets empty, its colouring becomes beautiful.
        Source: Sii 45W(Joy) 035-036
      • Example 451:
        Bero o kehaa to avaha maari tahii, ei kou o vuri vai o poha to poha vakikis bata maana meo kehaa saka hio vamataa bana haa maari teo vasu.
        There are many shells in the sea that become empty, because there are times in which the waves are strong, and the shellfish do not firmly sit on the stones.
        Source: fieldnotes Sii 2012

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