tapau1 change by itself; be exchanged

Part of Speech vi
Morphology ta-pau
Gloss ACAUS-change
    • change by itself; be exchanged
      • unclassified
      • Example 2239:
        ... me vataaree vonaen a aba na tapau batana tea maa matapaku vai amaa voon to hovo bata maana mi bono matapaku vaa nabunuu roho.
        ... and it shows that one is changing to the new practices that interfere with the practices of the past.
        Source: Daa 02R 268-269
      • Example 7153:
        O hena paa tapau vaevuru.
        The name has already been changed.
        Source: Kae 03R(Kae) 155
      • Example 7154:
        beori mate, o giroasi teori repaa tapau.
        when they (fish) are dead, their colour has changed.
        Source: Eno 20W 009

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  • See also:
    • pau1 pay something back; pay something off
    • pau2 answer; reply; respond
    • paupau change many things
    • tapatapau change (said of many things); exchange things
    • tapau2 change; changing
    • vatapau1 exchange someone or something
    • vatapau2 switch; swap; trade (duties)
    • vatapau ni exchange something; trade something for something else