uhu¹ colour somebody's skin or dye somebody's hair (with something); [...]

• • colour somebody's skin or dye somebody's hair (with something); dye clothes
  • • clothing & grooming

  • • Example 311:
      

      A takatakaku no sinoo aba. To uhu araraara ori.

      The pieces of human bones. That´s what they used to decorate us.

      Source: Mah 02R 101-102

    • Example 943:
      

      Erau, ore paa biiraas bari, uhu bari bona maa taba uhuuhu vaa nabunuu roho, ore paa vaatii bona maamihu taba biiraas teve,

      Then they decorate her, they paint her with traditional paints, (lit. things to paint), then they put all sorts of jewelry on her,

      Source: Nan 02R 050-051

    • Example 2646:
      

      Erau enam paa uhu a kahonam, ore paa gogooravi, ...

      Then we colour our head, so that it becomes red, ...

      Source: Iar 02RG 019

    • Example 7710:
      

      ... me subunae paa uhu bona vunuunae bono uhu.

      ... her grandmother dyed her hair with dye.

      Source: Nah 02E(Eno) 027

Related entries

• See also:
  • biiraas¹ decorate somebody or something
  • koros dress
  • naba uhuuhu paru group that uses black paint
  • ovana red clay used as paint for the body
  • taba uhuuhu paint (substance)
  • uhu² dye (substance); pattern of colouring
  • uhuuhu paru use black paint
  • vaauhu ni paint one's face or body with something; decorate oneself with something; use something for decorating onself