keusu mouse; rat

Part of Speech n2
    • mouse; rat
      • animals, mammals
      • Example 3322:
        E puisi toro asun bona keusu.
        The car nust kill the rat.
        Source: Sii 09W 030
      • Example 3323:
        A keusu bara karipa na tara vaapeha koari. A peha taba koa to vaavaha ni nana, a karipa na beera oha bona keusu.
        The mouse and the karipa rat just look the same. The only thing that is different (is that) the karipa rat is bigger than the mouse.
        Source: Sii 44W 020-022
      • Example 3324:
        O keusu na popo rori teo govee vai to kasi komana riori. Na tei batari tea maa vaan ge rasuu bara tea maa mohina kaukau. A papana vai to tei rori mohina, na ani batari bona maa kaukau vai mohina.
        The mice live in a hole that they themselves have dug. They live in the villages or the jungle and in the sweet potato gardens. Those who stay in the garden eat the sweet potaotes in the garden.
        Source: Joy 26W 019-021
      • Example 3325:
        O keusu moon na vahuvahuhu rori komana maa govee.
        The female mice give birth in the holes.
        Source: Joy 26W 025
      • Example 3326:
        Beo vahara keusu bebeera, eori repaa hiri tavusu maa.
        When the little mice are grown up, they crawl outside.
        Source: Joy 26W 026
      • Example 3327:
        O keusu mee na hovohovo rori komana maa inu, eori repaa ani bona kaukau bara tapeako vai a mahaka. Na antee rori mee tea ani busubusu bona ravarava.
        The mice also come into the houses and eat cooked sweet potatoes and manioc. They can eat holes into the clothes.

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