vaagaga give somebody a drink; make somebody drink

• • give somebody a drink; make somebody drink
  • • consumption

  • • Example 4445:
      

      Menaa paa vaagaga ri nao ori.

      And I gave them a drink. (lit. made them drink)

      Source: Aro 02E(Eno) 078

    • Example 6843:
      

      Bea aba tei mi bono kamisi komana vai o kikis, ean toro kahu a kahu tabu, ean repaa vaagaga e bona aba vai to kamis nana.

      When someone has a very strong stomachache, you must scrape off the pulp of the tabu tree bark and then let the sick person have a drink made from it.

      Source: Ond 04W 002

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• See also:
  • gaga¹ drink something
  • kahu¹ scrape something off, for example the bark of the breadfruit tree or of vines to pull out the fibres below the bark and use them to make the strings for a fishing net; carve
  • kahu² pulp made from tree bark