sun stand; stand up

• • stand; stand up
  • • position
    • motion

  Comment

  The simultaneous search for <sun> on the transcription tier and 'stood up' on the translation tier, found 15 sentences. In all of them the clause with <sun> 'stood up' is followed by a clause saying that the subject referent then moved on.

  • • Example 6636:
      

      A tatasu ei beara sun batara irihi beara tasu bata ni naora a kanono vo namana.

      Line fishing is when we stand on the edge of the reef while casting the line towards the deep-sea.

      Source: Eno 16W 137

    • Example 6637:
      

      O koverau na sun nana tahii.

      The bamboo pole was standing in the sea.

      Source: Mor 03R 082

    • Example 6638:
      

      An vakavara vai meori paa sun vaha tea piuvu.

      Finished eating now and they stood up again to dance.

      Source: Aro 11R 037

    • Example 6639:
      

      E subuava goroho vai mepaa sun vasisio mepaa nao, ...

      The old woman was sleeping now, and (he) cautiously stood up and went off, ...

      Source: Vae 01R 113

Related entries

• See also:
  • vaasun¹ erect; set up something somewhere; put something somewhere
  • sun ni stand on something
  • vaasun hiava put something up
  • vaasun pina put up nets to prevent the fish from swimming to the deep sea
  • vaasun vaavararana ni make people stand in a line