vaakao send somebody somewhere / make something run; make something [...]

Part of Speech	vt
Morphology	vaa-kao
Gloss	CAUS-go

1. • send somebody somewhere
   • • transfer

   • • Example 7944:
       

       E iaa paa vaakao mau anaa tea gaha sa suraa!

       Mum sends me here to get an ember!

       Source:

       Aro 06E(Eno) 015

2. • make something run; make something work; run an enterprise

   • • Example 7945:
       

       Me eve to vaakao bata nasu nana bona maamihu matapaku.

       And so, it is her who makes all the traditional practices work.

       Source:

       Vos 01R(Vos) 214

     • Example 7946:
       

       meori paa vaanao pete anaa tea sikuuru nia maa matapaku vaa tea vaakao na maa plantation.

       they sent me to do some training in the method of how to run plantations.

       Source:

       Rum 01E(Joy) 088

3. • drive a car

   • • Example 7560:
       

       A bero to rahi roho bono kaara o toku vaakao.

       Many who took a car did not know how to drive. (lit. 'who pulled a car')

       Source:

       Mah 13E(Eno) 451

Related entries

• See also:
  • vaapita make somebody walk / run an enterprise