vaagoroho let someone sleep, let someone lie down; put someone to bed / [...]

Part of Speech vt
Morphology vaa-goroho
Gloss CAUS-sleep
    • let someone sleep, let someone lie down; put someone to bed
      • unclassified
      • Example 7420:
        Vaagoroho vai anaa kou tea teebana, mepaa taneo tea sisira anaa.
        (The doctor) let me lie down on a bed and started to examine me.
        Source: Pur 02E(Eno) 180-181
      • Example 7867:
        tea bon eam repaa ma vaagoroho vaha riori tea maa inu team,
        but in the night, you let them sleep again in your houses,
        Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 403
      • Example 7868:
        E iaa na vaagoroho bene kuhoo tea teebana.
        Mum put the baby to bed.
        Source: Jub 01W 011
    • put a bamboo strip into a horizontal position when plaiting a wall
      • house
      • Example 7869:
        Eara na vaagoroho rara a ta kukan ge a ta taonim, ...
        We make three or five (bamboo) strips lie in a horizontal position, (then we start pushing and lifting three strips until the wall is completely closed.)
        Source: Eno 03W 037

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  • See also:
    • vavaagoroho herringbone pattern of plaited bamboo-walls