avuhu² smell something

Part of Speech

vt

• • smell something
  • • perception

  • • 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 493:
      

      ... bean atoe, ean paa avuhu vahaa a kuriman, ...

      ... and when you touch it and you smell your hand, (your hand has a very bad smell).

      Source: Joy 26W 005

Related entries

• See also:
  • agomo put something into the mouth; swallow something
  • avuhu¹ smell; have a smell
  • beana¹ bait (small fish, hermit crabs, bits and pieces of octopus, a type of sea-sausage called "sea-sausage mahaa"
  • avuavuhu hata having a bad smell; stink
  • avuhu ukee smell of certain fish when cooked
  • vaavuavuhu sniff at something