vaabebeahu2 be longer than something else

Part of Speech vi/vt
Morphology vaa-bebeahu
Gloss CAUS-long
    • be longer than something else
      • dimensional properties
      • comparison
      • Example 4988:
        A noea na potee nana bona moogoo. Evehee na vaabebeahu vasiihum nana. Noea na tavus nana tea naono vai to saka kikis haari, ei bea naono bari mahaka.
        The tree grub resembles the sago grub. But it is a bit longer. The tree grub appears in trees that are not strong when they dry up.
        Source: SiiSen 2012W 027
      • Example 7825:
        O kara taba nae, a sii aba vai a vaamanae vareko toro vaabebeahu koa bono sii hum. Sa min bebeahu viravira haana.
        Its rope, the one that is not too big, should be just a bit longer. It mustn't be too long.
        Source: Vaa Mah 01R 419

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