kaha¹ paddle (as in ploughing through a strong current) / swim forcefully

Part of Speech

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1. • paddle (as in ploughing through a strong current)
   • • motion

   • • Example 2151:
       

       Kaha kaakoo maa tea hoa.

       Paddle strongly to the passage here.

       Source:

       SiiSen 01W 151

2. • swim forcefully

   • • Example 2628:
       

       A pasupua paa rosin kaha vaha vou namana.

       The pasupua trevally escaped forcefully swimming to the open sea.

       Source:

       Eno 21W 014

     • Example 2629:
       

       A goroto paa kaha vahoara vaha vo mau tea masi.

       The turtle has accidentally swum back to the reef here.

       Source:

       Eno 21W 015

Related entries

• See also:
  • ena swim
  • hoa¹ passage (in the reef)
  • hua paddle (a canoe)
  • vakaha beat the water in order to drive fish into the net