rosirosin flee; run away

Part of Speech vi
Morphology rosi-rosin
Gloss RED-flee
    • flee; run away
      • motion
      • Grammar Comment The reduplication either indicates that many people or animals flee, that someone flees from one place to another, or that someone repeatedly runs away.
      • Example 6254:
        Enam paa vagisiu tea varigomo nia kave meo iana paa rosirosin vakahu vahaa.
        We were late for trapping the fish in the net and the fish quickly escaped again.
        Source: Eno 16W 188
      • Example 6255:
        Ah, ere - eiei enam he rosin me e bubuu to rosirosin bata me kanaa, e iaa he tea peana bata me bene Tevaa
        When we fled, Grandma fled with me while mum was busy with Tevaa.
        Source: Sii 02R 139-141
      • Example 6256:
        "Ah ean to rosirosin kahi vai koa nom anaa ei?"
        "Ah, it's you who just keeps running away from me?"
        Source: Pur 05E(Eno) 053

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