naanaha chew betel nut (with pepper and lime)

Part of Speech vi/vt
Morphology naa-naha
Gloss RED-chew.beteknut
    • chew betel nut (with pepper and lime)
      • food & drink
      • Example 58:
        Agomo are tean, ean repaa naanaha meve bono marai ae a eva tean.
        Put your betel nut into your mouth, then you chew it with pepper and your lime.
        Source: Jan 01W 002-003
      • Example 3874:
        O vua no kumako na naanaha bata riori mee ei kou a vua nae na potee nana bona are. A paka nae na potee nana bono pihae.
        The nuts of the kugumaru palm are also chewed because its nuts are like betelnuts. Its leaves are like the coconut frond.
        Source: Sii 15W 052-053
      • Example 4737:
        O vua are mene naanaha.
        The betelnut is for chewing.
        Source: Sii 17W 086
      • Example 4738:
        Meori paa naanaha bono eva bona.
        They both chewed betelnuts with this lime.
        Source: Skae 01W 156

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  • See also:
    • are2 betelnut
    • eva corals / lime
    • kumako kugumaru palm
    • mara a bit; sort of
    • sunae2 a speacal fire for producing the lime used for betelnut chewing