vaa like (similar to); about; from; of

Part of Speech linker
Morphology vaa
Gloss LNK
    • like (similar to); about; from; of
      • grammar
      • Comment The linker combines with adverbs or prepositional phrases introduced by the multipurpose preposition <te>. The linker construction may function as a predicate or an attribute
      • Example 3136:
        ... are paa gono koa o hum vai to vaa teo kateni nana.
        (We cut its shell open,) then we just get the part that is like cotton.
        Source: Sii 31W 035
      • Example 4979:
        Enaa tau vahutate nio vahutate vaa teo tobara keusu.
        I am going to tell a story about a group of rats.
        Source: Val 01R 001
      • Example 6240:
        O vahara beiko vaa nomana na hiki rori to culture.
        The children of today do not have any culture.
        Source: Rum 01R 419
      • Example 7798:
        A peha vaa teori gono vai bona.
        One of them got it.
        Source: Aro 08E(Eno) 007
      • Example 7799:
        O matapaku vaa tea vavahio.
        The custom of marriage.
        Source: Daa 01R 004
      • Example 7800:
        Amaa vahara beiko vaa vahiava mee.
        The children from the mountains, too.
        Source: Pur 01E(Joy) 076
      • Example 7801:
        E teiee to aheahe vaa tea keara tenaa?
        Who is singing like my brother?
        Source: Mom 01R 050
      • Example 7802:
        Evehee na tavus vaa tea oraa nana.
        But it comes out like a demon.
        Source: San 03R 093
      • Example 7803:
        Saka o naono haana, saka pura hiava vaa teo naono haana.
        It is not a tree; it does not grow high like a tree.
        Source: Joy 19W 090