pasuna (of a river) source

• • (of a river) source
  • • environment

  • • Example 5440:
      

      A pasuna Ruatovei na tei mana vahiava. Beara hiava Namatoa, are paa tara a pasuna Ruatovei.

      The source of the Ruatovei river is in the mountains. When we go up to Namatoa, we see the source of the Ruatovei.

      Source:

      SiiSen 2009W 001

    • Example 5441:
      

      Mea maa tavaan paa nao meori pahana bona pasuna Ruatovei.

      And the people went and crossed the source of the river Ruatovei.

      Source:

      Sii Ond 01W 118

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• See also:
  • pasu³ compensation, i.e. money or valuables that the woman's clan pay to her husband's clan when he has died as a compensation for all the work he has done for the woman and their children. When later the woman has died, the man's clay pays the "compensation" back.