subu2 swell; be swollen

Part of Speech vi
    • swell; be swollen
      • body & health
      • Example 2536:
        A isuku kuri ne Anamori na subu nana bara isuku moonae mee.
        Anamori's elbow is swollen and her knee, too.
        Source: SiiSen 01W 137
      • Example 2912:
        A kapesu rivo ne Maalon paa subu tea unu bono mabuu.
        Malon's lips swelled from blowing the wooden trumpet.
        Source: SiiSen 01W 180
      • Example 5093:
        Na pihipihi vakamis nana bona suiniraara, ore paa subu oha.
        It (the hornet) painfully stings our body, so that it swells all over.
        Source: Sir 01W 179-180
      • Example 6526:
        A moo ne Kitata na subu nana, a rootoo. Meo tapuhaka na tei nana komana rootoo, a pii. E sinanae na nomo vatapuhaka bono rootoo meo tapuhaka paa tavus vakavara.
        Kitata's leg is swollen, it is a boil. And the pus stays inside the boil, the sore. His mother pressed the boil to make the pus come out, and all the pus came out.
        Source: Sii 29W 056

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