gesu slap the sea water when playing in the water

Part of Speech

vt

• • slap the sea water when playing in the water
  • • sound

  • • Example 1559:
      

      Bean tau vasipau, ean repaa gesu momohu roho a tahii.

      If you want to play vasipau, then first you slap the seawater.

      Source: SiiSen 03W 298

Related entries

• See also:
  • vagegesu make rhythmic clapping sounds in the water
  • vagegesu ni use something to make a clapping sound; make rhythmic clapping sounds with something
  • vasipau play a game of splashing around
  • vatatako play a game with tako nuts (nuts of the Alexandrian laurel tree), in which you jiggle two tako nuts, making a clapping sound by hitting them in your hands against a bokii shell that you hold in one hand