kiri¹ distribute; divide and deal something out (bride price, food)

• • distribute; divide and deal something out (bride price, food)
  • • transfer

  • • Example 3419:
      

      "Vagana vai bean voosu maa, ean paa kiri a iana."

      "Go fishing now, when you come home, you divide the fish."

      Source: Sii 06RG 333

    • Example 3420:
      

      ... ean paa kiri koa a iana, o nou tea too vahakaa, ae o nou tea too gunagunaha.

      (When you get home) you have to divide the fish (into two heaps), a heap for the beater and a heap for the net-setter.

      Source: Sii 06E(Joy) 205-207

    • Example 3421:
      

      Bean kiri amaa iana, ean repaa vahovan batae: maraahiri, kaabusi, paeri, raarata. Vahovan vamataa bata amaa iana.

      When you distribute fish, you mix them: Rabbitfish, Blackspot Snapper, Spinefoot, Halfbanded Seaperch. Mix the fish well.

      Source: Sii 47W 096-099

Related entries

• See also:
  • takiri split up
  • too gunagunaha fisherman who walks in the water holding the net; down-stepper; net-setter
  • too vahakaa beater; fisherman who beats the surface of the water to chase the fish into a net
  • vakirikiri separately
  • vakirikiri ni distribute something; divide something
  • hio vakirikiri stay separately
  • kirikiri divide something into equal portions and distribute