tavusu² become

• • become
  • • unclassified

  Comment

  <tavusu> forms the head of a verbal compound with a nominal or adjectival complement.

  • • Example 7391:
      

      O paroparoo o peho kaku sii iana to bebeera rori, ore paa tavus pasupua,..

      The paroparoos (young trevallies) are a kind of little fish that become big and then become the (grown-up) trevallies, ...

      Source: Eno 20W 028-029

    • Example 7392:
      

      ore tavus mataa vahaa

      so that it (our island) will become good again

      Source: Vos 01R(Vos) 073a

    • Example 7393:
      

      ma govara maa bari tavusu vaa sinivi vai

      (They) come (and) carve its pointed ends (so that it) now takes the shape of a canoe

      Source: Tah 02R 051

Related entries

• See also:
  • govara² carve the pointed ends of a canoe into shape
  • tavutavusu² appear (regularly); develop