navuhu vamate beat or hit a person or animal to death

Part of Speech vt.constr
MWE Structure vt - adv
Morphology navuhu va-mate
Gloss beat ADVR-dead
    • beat or hit a person or animal to death
      • body & health
      • Example 4921:
        A taba momohu to paku raara, eara na navuhu vamate rara e guu.
        The first thing we do is that we hit the pig dead.
        Source: Eno 10E(Eno) 003-004
      • Example 4922:
        Navuhu vamate a goroto (navuhu kii gogoonae).
        Beat the turtle to death (hit it on its throat).
        Source: Naph 01W 039

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