tabusu1 get or have holes

Part of Speech vi
    • get or have holes
      • unclassified
      • Example 1303:
        Mepaa dona bona me dona me pahin tabusu nao taena no kururu.
        And she pierced and pierced the knots and directly got through to the bottom of the bamboo. (lit. and (it) immediately got holes (down) to the bottom of the kururu bamboo)
        Source: Mat 01R 077
      • Example 1304:
        Mepaa dona gunagunaha nao bona maamihu vana, me suguna taeno kururu, tabusu vakavara.
        And (she) pierced all the knots from the top to the bottom of the bamboo, so that all the knots had holes. (lit. And pierced going down all knots and reached the bottom of the bamboo, (the bamboo) got holes completely.)
        Source: Mat 01E(Joy) 094-095
      • Example 3803:
        A kos na nahu tenaa na takapa mepaa tabus.
        The bottom of my pot peeled off and got a hole.
        Source: Jan 01W 104

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  • See also:
    • nibusu make an opening into something; make a hole into something
    • tabutabusu full of holes