totoon² support a house with posts / become the foundation of something; [...]

Part of Speech	vt/vd
Morphology	to-toon
Gloss	RED-post

1. • support a house with posts
   • • house

   • • Example 3944:
       

       Totoon a inu to mene kuu gunaha.

       Support the house with posts, otherwise it will fall down.

       Source: Eno 13W 115

     • Example 7683:
       

       Gono o toon vai ean re totoon e bona inu to mene kuu orepaa takaku.

       Get the post so that you can support the house or else it will fall down and break.

       Source: SiiSen 01W 678

2. • become the foundation of something; become the basis of something
   • • unclassified

   • • Example 6332:
       

       Evehee amaa hum to verete sanasana amanaa to totoon maa bona tootoo vaa Lotu tenaa, ...

       But the places that changed me most and that became the foundation of my Christian life, ...

       Source: Sii Eno 01W 353

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• See also:
  • toon⁶ post of a house