takin come out of the water; get something out of the water; leave the [...]

Part of Speech vi/vt
    • come out of the water; get something out of the water; leave the deep sea
      • motion
      • transfer
      • spatial relations
      • Example 4830:
        Me roanabai teve paa nao, paa nao me takin, me takin tea masi.
        And her mother-in-law went, went and got out of the water, and left the water (and went) to the dry reef.
        Source: Iar 02RG 283-285
      • Example 6983:
        Meori paa takin vo tea masi ....
        And they went out of the water to the reef ...
        Source: Aro 05R 105-106
      • Example 6984:
        na antee nana tea takin vo tea kopua ei beo puhana,
        (The Bumphead Parrotfish) stays near the ocean) and can come into the lagoon when it is high tide,
        Source: Vaa 09W 392
      • Example 6985:
        eara repaa takin vaha mae vo kasuana,
        And then we get it (the pig) out of the water again (and carry it) here to the beach.
        Source: Eno 10E(Eno) 023

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  • See also:
    • hoa takin (of the reef) grow out of the water
    • hua takin paddle ashore
    • oro takin drift ashore
    • oro1 flow / drift; float; be carried by the current
    • rahi takin pull somebody or something out of the water; pull somebody or something ashore
    • roanabai mother-in-law; in-laws