iku swing onself; hold on and hang down

• • swing onself; hold on and hang down
  • • motion

  • • Example 1269:
      

      Dee oha batari bono pea naono bari, eve he iku teo naono.

      (When they) were carrying him past the branch, he swung himself onto the tree.

      Source: Viv 01R 091-092

    • Example 2454:
      

      Enaa pasi iku teo pea ohita.

      I will hold on to a branch of the galip nut tree and hang down.

      Source: Val 01R 070

    • Example 2455:
      

      eam paa kavara iku bata maa tenaa, ...

      (and) then you all will hold on me and hang down, ...

      Source: Val 01R 071

    • Example 2456:
      

      A vihoko a peha naovana to saka ante haana tea toka teo peo naono, toro hana koana bea kahonae iku gunaha nana.

      The flying fox is a flying animal that cannot perch on the branch of a tree, it must hang with its head dangling down.

      Source: Sii 09W 032

    • Example 2457:
      

      O ruhu o ana berobero. O ana nae na iku gunaha taneo maana gina tea maa pea nae.

      The ruhu has many roots. Its roots dangle down from its branches high up.

      Source: Sii 24W 084-085 (rev by Ond)

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• See also:
  • vaikuiku¹ swing to and fro
  • vaikuiku² swing (seat hanging by two ropes from the branch of a tree)
  • vavaaiku¹ swing to and fro