tavusu2 become

Part of Speech vi
    • 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

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