meapa (of coconut leaves, pandanus, vines) become soft and flexible

Part of Speech vi
    • (of coconut leaves, pandanus, vines) become soft and flexible
      • plants
      • Example 711:
        Bea paka taovu tean meapa, ean paa aha e bono kakaamuru.
        When your taovu leaves have become soft and flexible, you scrub them with white sand.
        Source:
        Sii 41W 040
      • Example 4373:
        Bean voosu me amaa dee kave, pasi vaobete roho noman, eve re meapa roho.
        When you come home with a load of kave-vines, you lay them first down, so that they become flexible.
        Source:
        Naph 03W 043

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  • See also:
    • taovu3 kind of pandanus which grows very tall and has thorns on the side and in the middle
    • vaameapa soften something; make something soft; cause something to become soft