govara3 cut the head off a person or animal; behead

Part of Speech vt
    • cut the head off a person or animal; behead
      • cutting
      • Comment The direct object refers to the person or animal or to the head.
      • Example 1724:
        Me Gaivaa paa nao koa, gono koa bona toraaraa, mosi govara bene mutanae.
        And Gaivaa just went, got his axe, beheaded his wife.
        Source: Sha 01RG 092-093
      • Example 1725:
        O vuri vaa nomana saka vuri vaa tea govara aba haana.
        Nowadays people are not beheaded (lit. The time of today is not the time of beheading people).
        Source: SiiSen 01W 056
      • Example 1726:
        A otei na mosi govara nana bona kahoo ne toa.
        The boy is cutting off the head of the chicken.
        Source: Joy 11W 002

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  • See also:
    • mosi govara cut off a person's or animal's head; behead someone or an animal
    • tagovara be beheaded, have no head