pepeesi biting sour (of food)

Part of Speech	adj
Morphology	pe-peesi
Gloss	RED-sour

• • biting sour (of food)
  • • perception

  • • Example 643:
      

      O manii na aniani rori bona vua naono vai amaa pepeesi, ei a vua ruhu bara veresun.

      The possums eat sour fruit like the fruit of the ficus tree and the wild banana.

      Source: Sii 09W 021

    • Example 5585:
      

      Eara na dao rara o moorii o rutarutaa bono moorii pepeesi.

      We call the small citrus fruit tree the biting sour citrus tree.

      Source: Sii 17W 259

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• See also:
  • manii¹ possum
  • moorii² citrus fruit
  • peesi¹ biting sour; bitter