kaporo⁴ cut something with a pair of scissors / cut someone's hair

Part of Speech

vt

1. • cut something with a pair of scissors
   • • cutting

   • • Example 2933:
       

       Kaporo bata riori a vunuu nae.

       They cut his hair.

       Source:

       Sia 01E(Joy) 203

     • Example 2934:
       

       Eam pasi tara bata nom be naa kaporo bata nom o koros tean ge o sikioti tean.

       You keep watching while I am cutting your dress or your skirt.

       Source:

       Nan 01R 099

2. • cut someone's hair
   • • clothing & grooming

   • • Example 962:
       

       Kaporo bona, paa biras bona, mepaa hupihupi bona.

       When she had cut his hair, she dressed him and combed him.

       Source:

       Sia 01R 171-173

     • Example 2935:
       

       Maagee, ean toro kaporo anaa.

       Friend, you must cut my hair (lit. cut me).

       Source:

       Vur 01E(Eno) 005

     • Example 2936:
       

       Meve paa kaporo bene Sookara.

       And she gave Sookara a haircut.

       Source:

       Sia 01E(Joy) 123

Related entries

• See also:
  • kaporo² scissors
  • takaporo be cut with scissors
  • vunuu (of humans and pigs) hair; (of sheep) wool; (of birds) plumage, feathers / fibres of the coconut husk
  • biras¹ dress someone
  • kapokaporo cut with scissors many times
  • vakaporo cut each other's hair