oro¹ flow / drift; float; be carried by the current

1. • flow
   • • motion

   • • Example 895:
       

       Eam repaa tara beo revasin oro.

       You (pl.) will see that the blood flows.

       Source:

       Aro 03E(Eno) 077

     • Example 5159:
       

       A ruene na oro ge dee nana rapana vaan.

       The river flows or flows alongside the village.

       Source:

       VaaSen 01W 598

2. • drift; float; be carried by the current

   • • Example 3766:
       

       ... bara na kori batana bona tete vai to oro batana tobina namana

       ... and (the whale) gnaws at the logs that float in the middle of the ocean.

       Source:

       Sii 46W 172

     • Example 5160:
       

       Me sahata paa oro, me oro, mepaa gaga vamate.

       And the poor woman floated away and drifted away and drowned.

       Source:

       Aro 07E(Eno) 155

     • Example 5161:
       

       Nabunuu roho mea peha moon paa oro taneo nao roho enei Bougainville. Eove he oro nao, mepaa no oro takin en Malaita.

       A long time ago a woman had drifted away from Bougainville here. She was floating, and then drifted ashore there in Malaita.

       Source:

       Sta 01E(Eno) 001-004

Related entries

• See also:
  • dee² flow (of water); come (of a flood)
  • takin come out of the water; get something out of the water; leave the deep sea
  • vaaoro let something float
  • busu vaoro ni throw something into the water
  • hoa vaaoro ni push something and let it float; push something afloat
  • hoa vaoro push something and let it float; push something afloat
  • oro³ current
  • orooro float
  • rueoro water ditch