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

Part of Speech vi
    • 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
    • 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

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  • 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