dovo drown / lie deep in the water

Part of Speech vi
    • drown
      • body & health
      • Example 1328:
        E keara te bubuu na dovo roho tahii mepaa oro vo namana.
        Granny's sister drowned in the sea and drifted to the ocean.
        Source: Jan 01W 040
    • lie deep in the water
      • Example 1329:
        A sinivi dovo vai tea iana. Sinivi dovo vai tea iana meori paa hua. Hua voosu vai maa mea maa moon paa nomaa meori paa gogi.
        The canoes now lay deep in the sea because of the fish. The canoes lay deep in the sea and they paddled. Paddled home now and the women came and did the gogi (they cheerfully danced around and celecrated the new fishing net).
        Source: Sii 06RG 283

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