naha chew betel nuts (together with pepper and lime) or similar nuts

Part of Speech vi/vt
    • chew betel nuts (together with pepper and lime) or similar nuts
      • consumption
      • Example 1934:
        Enam na have maa o are te iaa, menam paa naha eve.
        We harvested Mum's betelnuts, and then we chewed them.
        Source:
        Ond 01W 029-030
      • Example 3866:
        A pate kukunata te bubuu mene naha.
        Grandma's bunch of kukunata leaves for chewing.
        Source:
        Ond 01W 067
      • Example 3868:
        Bean tau naha ean repaa vuuvuu a are tea eva, ean repaa mono e bono paka kukunata.
        When you are about to chew betel nut, you dip a betel nut into the lime, you wrap it into kukunata-leaves.
        Source:
        Eno 19W 011
      • Example 4513:
        O vua no vioga na naha pete riori, evehee na vamanamana vo rien bean naha e, ean repaa mimi revasin.
        The nuts of the wild betelnut palm are also chewed, but people think if you chew them, you will urinate blood.
        Source:
        Sii 15W 200
      • Example 4781:
        O meho aba na naha rori bono vua boon.
        Some people chew the nut of the mangrove tree.
        Source:
        Sii 15W 019

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  • See also:
    • are2 betelnut
    • vua boon nut of the mangrove tree
    • have pick (betelnuts); harvest (betelnuts)
    • vaanaha reconciliation ceremony with betelnut chewing
    • vanaanaha1 chew betelnuts together
    • vanaanaha2 let somebody chew betelnuts; give somebody betelnuts to chew
    • vanaanaha3 betelnut chewing (custom)