teki destroy something / torture; injure someone

Part of Speech vt
    • destroy something
      • unclassified
      • Example 1004:
        Arovi: A vaan na hata roho, a bom to teki roho.
        The village was bad, a bomb had destroyed it.
        Source: Eno Aro 01E 071a
      • Example 2126:
        Eam a ta tahii, a abana o mataa, ahiki beam hirare pinopino tea paku amaa taba hata vai, a kaveru, asun aba, ae teki pinopino amaa taba teo meho aba!
        You, the coastal people, are good people, you do not get excited without rhyme or reason about doing these bad things, stealing, killing people and destroying other people's things without sense!
        Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 407-409
      • Example 2750:
        A kuhii na teki nana bona revasin na aba. Are paa kamis kahoo, kao tovuhu bara kamis suinina.
        The mosquito destroys a person's blood. Then we get a headache, become cold and ill in the body.
        Source: Sii 33W 070-071
      • Example 7359:
        A abana paa teki mau bona taun.
        The people destroyed the town.
        Source: NaphSen 02W 221
    • torture; injure someone
      • Example 7479:
        Mepaa hiki vahaa ta aba toro teki ri bari tea si vaan teori.
        There was no longer someone who would torture them in their village.
        Source: Aro 04E(Eno) 138
      • Example 7480:
        O naono vai o buruhana na antee nana tea teki bona suin na aba. Beve ato vahoara bona, a suin nae na antee nana tea piipii.
        The buruhana plant can injure a person's body. When he accidentally touches it, his skin can develop sores.
        Source: Sii 39W 002-003

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