pina stopping; holding fast; blocking

• • stopping; holding fast; blocking
  • • unclassified

  Comment

  <pina> is only found in the position of an adverb in the VC

  • • Example 1198:
      

      Beori suguna, eori repaa nao busu vatanaa pina ni bona hoa.

      When they arrive, they go (and) throw their nets placing them in a row and thus blocking the passage.

      Source: Hel 08E(Sha) 006

    • Example 5672:
      

      Meo kapu paa koto pina ni bona.

      And the kapu shell bit it (the dog) and held it fast.

      Source: Aro 03E(Eno) 039

Related entries

• See also:
  • hua pina paddle and block the route (of fish)
  • koto bite something or somebody
  • bae pina ni put a taboo sign on something
  • hio pina keep somebody away by one's presence
  • kuna pina ni sew up something
  • obete pina ni lie somewhere and block (the way)
  • sue pina promise that something will be done
  • sun pina ni stand somewhere blocking the way the route of somebody or something
  • sunsun pina ni stand somewhere blocking the way of something
  • uvuuvu pina peak cap
  • vahakaa pina beat the surface of the water to block the way (of fish)
  • vatanaa pina put out nets and prevent the fish from swimming away