masimasi be at low tide

Part of Speech vi
Morphology masi-masi
Gloss RED-low.tide
    • be at low tide
      • environment
      • Example 4233:
        Merau mea bua sahata paa hiava vahaa, eori he tea kona bata vo koa en, a ruene, evehee a tahii pahi to masimasi nana.
        And so the two poor people went again up, believing that it was a river, when in fact it was the sea that was showing the reef at low tide. (lit. the sea that was at low tide)
        Source: Eno 01E(Eno) 058

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  • See also:
    • masi1 be low tide so that the reef becomes visible; be low tide