kokopo¹ be covered / cover something (with something) / bend over [...]

Part of Speech

vi/vt/vd

1. • be covered
   • • unclassified

   • • Example 3025:
       

       a taba na karakaras nana to kokopo nana nahu

       the thing was rustling (that thing) that was covered in the pot,

       Source: Iar 02RG 047

2. • cover something (with something)
   • • unclassified

   • • Example 3606:
       

       Meori paa kokopo vahabana bona nahu.

       And they covered the pot again.

       Source: Iar 02E(Eno) 031

     • Example 3607:
       

       Bean komae bona a ruene ae o sii hum tahii, ean paa kokopo eve.

       When you have poured water and a little salt to it, you cover it.

       Source: Hel 02R 061

     • Example 3608:
       

       Are paa kokopo vahaa o rom atovo bona pate raon.

       Then we again cover the sago palm stem with heliconia indica leaves.

       Source: Sii 33W 091

     • Example 3609:
       

       Murinae are paa kokopo vahae bona karirava vai to paa bana vaevuru ni ara.

       Then we cover it with the karirava leaves that we have already spread out.

       Source: Hel 03R 030

     • Example 3610:
       

       Beara kaakake mohina ge rasuu, are paa kokopo o kake bona raon.

       When we make a hut in the garden or the bush, we cover the hut with raon leaves.

       Source: SiiSen 2008W 008

3. • bend over someone or something
   • • body & health

   • • Example 3611:
       

       Mepaa kokopo taono ri no bari a ba suburiori mea tavaan paa gagaruhu ri bari.

       And their grandmothers bend over her (the maurata girl) and the people wash her.

       Source: Kor 01R 112

Related entries

• See also:
  • karirava¹ heliconia indica leaf gently heated over the fire to make it soft and flexible so that it can be used for wrapping food
  • vakokopo cover; put the lid on a pot
  • kapa kokopo eyelid
  • kokopo taono cover something up with something