dovo gunaha dive down

Part of Speech vi.constr
MWE Structure vi - vi
Morphology dovo gunaha
Gloss dive go.down
    • dive down
      • motion
      • Example 1330:
        ore paa dovo gunaha koa
        It (the crocodile) just dives down.
        Source: Sii 44W 014
      • Example 1331:
        Beara haraa voen a kanono paa gunaha vaanteu, eara repaa tasukihi nio paka pihae, a vasu repaa dovo gunaha, beara rahi hiava kokoraa vaha koa a iri.
        When we feel that the line has gone down far enough, we shake and tear the coconut frond leaf so that the stone goes down, while we just pull the empty hook up.
        Source: Eno 16W 141

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  • See also:
    • gunaha go or come down; go or come down from the mountains to the beach / come ashore