pee1 cut (a wound or a hole with a small knife, razor, shell or [...]

Part of Speech vt
    • cut (a wound or a hole with a small knife, razor, shell or similar small sharp instrument)
      • cutting
      • Example 5496:
        Pee o kapa vaa domonae, pee murina koa o vavaarihi.
        Cut the shell on its chest, subsequently cut the sides. (i.e. the chest and the sides of a turtle)
        Source: Naph 01W 040
      • Example 5497:
        Be pee bona aba, a tagevo a beera sana.
        When it cuts somebody, the wound is very big. (i.e. the unicorn fish with its razor)
        Source: Sii 42W 117
      • Example 5498:
        Bean kom vahoara eve, ore paa pee bona mooman.
        If you accidentally step on it, it cuts your foot. (i.e. on the Flag Pen Shell)
        Source: Sii 45W(Joy) 191

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  • See also:
    • mesu Flag Pen Shell
    • toopei unicorn fish; surgeonfish species
    • pee2 cut done on something
    • pee kopaa cut open by a longitudinal cut
    • pee taviri cut around something; make a cut around something
    • peepee1 cut something up; make many cuts; cut something into many pieces; make incisions on somebody
    • peepee3 incisions; scars from cuts made on the body signifying clan membership
    • peepee varutarutaa cut something up into little pieces