kapakapa try to lift open something

Part of Speech	vt
Morphology	kapa-kapa
Gloss	RED-lift-open

• • try to lift open something
  • • unclassified

  • • Example 2899:
      

      me nagu tea tari kapakapa bono - o kapu

      and tried hard to insert a stick and lift open the - the Giant Clam shell.

      Source: Aro 03R 046-047

    • Example 2900:
      

      mepaa nagu kapakapa bono kapu

      and tried very hard to lift open the Giant Clam shell

      Source: Aro 03E(Eno) 066

Related entries

• See also:
  • kapa² lift and remove something (for example a stone from the ground, the shell from a turtle when butchering it, or the lid of a pot); skin (a manioc); the sheath of the wild banana