gae lift something up / initiate something; promote something

Part of Speech vt
    • lift something up
      • transfer
      • Example 1463:
        Ean toro gae hiava a mooman enaa re garuhu a pii.
        You must lift up your leg so that I can clean the sore.
        Source:
        SaoSen 01W 018
      • Example 1464:
        bara eve mee o naono to kahi vahaihai maana tea gae hiava bona varuvaru,
        and it is also the beam that will help to lift up the rafters,
        Source:
        Eno 23W 005
    • initiate something; promote something
      • Example 1465:
        na hiki koana ta aba toro gae maa bono maa si taba bona kiri bono manae
        there isn't anybody to promote these sorts of things for the youths
        Source:
        Rum 01R 353
      • Example 1466:
        O beiko tenaa toro gono tabae eori to gae maa tea taba vai, evehe ahiki.
        My children should have got it because it was them who initiated this thing, she did not.
        Source:
        Sia 01E(Joy) 228

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