vaahana hang something somewhere; hang somebody

• • hang something somewhere; hang somebody
  • • transfer

  • • Example 1856:
      

      Beara vaahana hiava e, a kahoo nae toro tei putaa, toro hana vasuruvu.

      When we hang it up, its head must be down, the pig must hang upside down.

      Source: Eno 10E(Eno) 007

    • Example 6522:
      

      Evehe e roosuu na naonao mepaa vana atai nao bona subaaka mepaa vaahana nao hanana.

      But the giant had gone (before in the evening) and on his way (he) had shot a flying fox and hung (it on a tree) on the road.

      Source: Aro 11R 043-044

    • Example 7892:
      

      eara repaa vaahana e teo pea naono.

      then we hang it (the pig) on the branch of a tree.

      Source: Eno 10E(Eno) 006

    • Example 7893:
      

      bara, ore paa vaahana bari tea kanono enei, tea gogoriori ve

      alright, and then they would hang them (the murderers) on a rope here, on their necks.

      Source: Nah 01R 037

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• See also:
  • hana hang; be caught
  • vasuruvu turn something upside down
  • moo vaa murinae its hind legs
  • voea wire; line