tapatapa ni hammer many things into something

Part of Speech vt.constr
MWE Structure vt - appl
Morphology tapa-tapa ni
Gloss RED-drive APPL
    • hammer many things into something
      • unclassified
      • Example 5492:
        Mea moon peana tei maana gina, evehee tapatapa ni bona maa kepokepo kehaa teo are.
        And while the woman was high up (there), he hammered the broken shell pieces into the betel palm.
        Source: Pur 05E(Eno) 075-076
      • Example 7147:
        mepaa tasu boboha ni bona maa kehaa mepaa tapatapa ni bona rom no are
        and smashed the shells to pieces and stuck them into the stem of a betelnut palm
        Source: Pur 05R 095

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