mosimosi vakakato cut something into short pieces

Part of Speech vt.constr
MWE Structure vt - vt
Morphology mosi-mosi va-kakato
Gloss RED-cut CAUS-short
    • cut something into short pieces
      • cutting
      • Example 4678:
        Na mosimosi vakakato raara beara ipinoo bata rae bona ta naono to paa vaante vuara bona bebeahu no buo kubisi bebeahu na kuri raara.
        We cut it into short pieces after we have measured this piece of wood that we make as long as the length of two middle fingers of our hand. (i.e. when making the floats of the turtle net)
        Source: Eno 08W 033

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