beera potee be/become as big as something else

Part of Speech vt.constr
MWE Structure adj - vt
Morphology beera potee
Gloss big be.like
    • be/become as big as something else
      • dimensional properties
      • comparison
      • Example 810:
        A kiu no potee sa beera potee haana bona kiu vaa teo sinivi suuna.
        Making the potee-canoe is not as difficult as making our indigenous canoe.
        Source: Mor 04E(Eno) 005
      • Example 811:
        O tovu na beera roho komana apao, mepaa beera potee roho bono naono.
        The sugarcane had grown big in a deserted garden, and had grown as big as a tree. (lit. had become big like a tree).
        Source: Val 01E(Eno) 064-065
      • Example 812:
        O vuanae na beera potee nana bona are.
        Its nuts are as big as the betelnuts.
        Source: Sii 15W 185