keekehe peel betelnuts with one's teeth

Part of Speech vi
    • peel betelnuts with one's teeth
      • removal
      • Example 1459:
        O pesu na are na dao raara bono gaagau. Beara keekehe a are, eara repaa busu nio gaagau.
        The skin of the betelnut is called gaagau. When we have peeled the betelnut with our teeth, we throw the skin away.
        Source:
        Joy 12W 079-080

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