pahana cross (a river, creek, or a lagoon)

• • cross (a river, creek, or a lagoon)
  • • motion
    • spatial relations

  Comment

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  • • Example 3778:
      

      Menaa pahana a korokoro.

      And I crossed the creek.

      Source: Hoa 02E(Joy) 047

    • Example 5257:
      

      Enam na pahana, a ruene he sa kikis vira haana.

      We crossed the river when it wasn't very strong." (lit. we crossed when the river wasn't strong)

      Source: Vaa Mah 09R 182

Related entries

• See also:
  • hae pahana cross over by boat
  • hua pahana paddle across
  • taataana pahana walk across the reef
  • huahua pahana kahi paddle across (the bay) from (an island)
  • ruene¹ river
  • vaapahana transfer a name or title
  • vapahana kahi cross over from somewhere