beera potee be/become as big as something else

• • 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