kuu fall down / pass away

Part of Speech

vi

1. • fall down
   • • motion

   • • Example 3224:
       

       Bea overe kuu, eara matatopo vai tea kavuraa.

       When the coconut falls down, we get ready for making copra.

       Source: Sii 16W 013

     • Example 3942:
       

       Meo paka baneo paa kuu.

       And the breadfruit leaf fell down.

       Source: Jen 01R 036

2. • pass away
   • • body & health

   • • Example 3943:
       

       Enaa na goe nom tea pokaa e sii keara tenaa to kuu habana voe.

       I do not want to mention my sister because she also passed away.

       Source: Vos 02R(Vos) 061

Related entries

• See also:
  • mate¹ die; be dead
  • vaakuu drop something; make someone or something fall down
  • vaakuu ki drop something for somebody
  • duruhu fall (fruit from a tree, shellfish from a lifted stone)
  • hoa vaakuu ni (of the hurricane) blow someone or something down
  • kuu vo fall somewhere