biiraas¹ decorate somebody or something

• • decorate somebody or something
  • • clothing & grooming

  • • Example 943:
      

      Erau, ore paa biiraas bari, uhu bari bona maa taba uhuuhu vaa nabunuu roho, ore paa vaatii bona maamihu taba biiraas teve,

      Then they decorate her, they paint her with traditional paints, (lit. things to paint), then they put all sorts of jewelry on her,

      Source: Nan 02R 050-051

    • Example 944:
      

      Eam na biiraas nao roho a sinivi?

      Did you decorate the canoes?

      Source: Vaa Mah 06R 030

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• See also:
  • uhu¹ colour somebody's skin or dye somebody's hair (with something); dye clothes