hakuperete push one's way through a crowd of people, push people back in a crowd

Part of Speech vi/vt
    • push one's way through a crowd of people, push people back in a crowd
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      • Example 1846:
        A ba sinamanam hakuperete, haku perete ri nao riori, ei kou na rake rori tea tara vaatoatono tea mata manam.
        Our mothers push their way through, but are pushed back because they want to see us for the last time. (i.e. their boys who go through the initiation).
        Source: Bua 01R(Bua) 061-062

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