tahi vavuhu ni stab something or oneself into the ground

• • stab something or oneself into the ground
  • • unclassified

  • • Example 6922:
      

      A moonae kou a kakaniva me be gunaha ore paa tahi vavuhu ni - tahi vatopo ni.

      Her feet indeed were sharp (claws) and when she landed, she stabbed (her feet) into the ground, stabbed (them) into (it).

      Source: Aro 04R 025-026

    • Example 6923:
      

      Nomaa, nomaa, nomaa, nomaa, tahi vavuhu bana ni tea veoveo,

      Came, came, came, came, stabbed again (her claws) into the village square,

      Source: Aro 04R 080

    • Example 6924:
      

      mepaa tahi vavuhu ni bono buo moo kakaniva teve tobina veoveo,

      and landed with her two sharp claws stabbing into the ground in the middle of the village square,

      Source: Aro 04E(Eno) 018

Related entries

• See also:
  • ona vavuhu ni get oneself stuck in the ground
  • vii vavuhu stab something into the ground
  • vii vatopo ni stick somebody, something or oneself (in the ground)