hopo¹ go into a narrow space or dense area (a cave, rock shelter, [...]

• • go into a narrow space or dense area (a cave, rock shelter, hole, hollow tree, the jungle); slip into a hole
  • • motion
    • spatial relations

  • • Example 1728:
      

      O haopi na hopo vabuaku bara kukan rori tea maa peha maa govee.

      Two or three haopi wrasses go together into a single hole. (lit. enter (in groups of) two and three single holes)

      Source: Sii 11W 055

    • Example 2219:
      

      Eara vaobete hopo e komana nahu, eara repaa vaagonono.

      Then we put them (the sea-sausages) into the pot and then cook (them) in boiling water.

      Source: Hel 07E(Sha) 021

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• See also:
  • govee hole (in the sand; soil; ground); for example, holes dug by crabs
  • hopohopo go into a narrow place many times; slip into a hole many times
  • hovo¹ enter a place; go into a place
  • hovu hopo ni stick something inside something else
  • kuu hopo vo fall into something
  • puhana hopo be high tide with the water entering somewhere
  • vaobete hopo lay or put something into something else
  • hopohopovasu kind of Garden Eel; Conger Eel
  • kao hopo go inside
  • kom hopo ni step with (one's foot) into something
  • koma hopo ni pour something into something
  • pura hopo vo (of plants) grow into something
  • rasuu jungle; bush; forest
  • rosin hopo vo flee into something
  • tara hopo look deeper; have a look inside
  • vaahopo involve; let enter
  • vaahopo pilo pillowcase