havi ni wipe or rub something (somewhere)

Part of Speech vt.constr
MWE Structure vt - appl
Morphology havi ni
Gloss wipe APPL
    • wipe or rub something (somewhere)
      • transfer
      • Example 1971:
        Havi bata ni nana bona revasin ne guu tea maa suininae.
        (She) wiped the pig´s blood on her body.
        Source: Aro 07R 120-121
      • Example 1972:
        Oga bata naona, evehee tea havi bata ni nao bona maa revasin suinae, ...
        (She) was crying along her way, while wiping the blood on her body,...
        Source: Aro 07E(Eno) 140
      • Example 1973:
        Eori paa havi ni bono kasuana bara o kasin ae amaa taba amaa pus poosusu, paa havi ni vori te guu ...
        They rub the sand and the kasin (a good smelling plant) and the things of the sea poison tree, they rub them on the pig ..
        Source: Kor 01R 018-021
      • Example 1974:
        ... eve repaa no havi ni bona suininae tea moon.
        ... he rubbed his body against the woman.
        Source: Aro 11E(Eno) 041
      • Example 1975:
        Mean paa havi koa nie teo muu.
        And you rub it on the taros.
        Source: Vos 03R(Vos) 047

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  • See also:
    • kasin a fragrant plant rubbed on the pig to be roasted for the vaasipoana ceremony