kamuru shave the hair on the head (also as part of the boys' initiation [...]

Part of Speech

vt

• • shave the hair on the head (also as part of the boys' initiation and the vaasipoana)
  • • body & health
    • cutting
    • culture

  • • Example 2485:
      

      Na kamuru ameam tea inu vaa kamuru komana.

      You were shaved in the special shaving house (during the boys' initiation)

      Source:

      Sii 29W 023

    • Example 2745:
      

      Kamuru vai bene subuava, ei kou a kahonae na kamikamisi nana.

      Shave the old woman('s head) because her head is hurting.

      Source:

      SiiSen 01W 173

Related entries

• See also:
  • gerugeru¹ ceremony of cutting only the hair on the forehead which comes out of the upee hat
  • kakamuru shave someone's head
  • vaasipoana¹ bless a child; do the child-blessing ceremony with somebody
  • vaasipoana² blessing
  • vakamuru ni shave the children's head as part of the child-blessing ceremony (vaasipoana)
  • gerugeru² undergo the shaving ceremony
  • inu vaa kamuru house where the boys' hair is shaved in the gerugeru ceremony
• Subentry:
  • vakamuru lose leaves