hake sweep (rubbish or a place) / (of chicken) scratch the ground [...]

Part of Speech vt
    • sweep (rubbish or a place)
      • unclassified
      • Example 1839:
        Gono maa o veveo ean re hake amaa nou.
        Get the broom and sweep the rubbish.
        Source: SiiSen 2012W 076
      • Example 1840:
        E Tenai na hake nana bona inu teara.
        Tenai is sweeping our house.
        Source: Sii 47W 017
    • (of chicken) scratch the ground with the claws
      • Example 1841:
        O sii vahara toa ore paa nao tea an en to paa hake nom e sinariori.
        The little chicken then go to eat where their mother has scratched (the ground).
        Source: Sii 43W 077
      • Example 1842:
        E toa bara a vahara beiko teve na hake rori bona uraan, na ani batari bona vahara kukurii.
        The chicken and its chicks scratch the sea rubbish, eating the small worms.
        Source: Sii 47W 015-016

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