vaakuu drop something; make someone or something fall down

Part of Speech vt
Morphology vaa-kuu
Gloss CAUS-fall.down
    • drop something; make someone or something fall down
      • transfer
      • Example 7784:
        Usu nom benaa vaakuu gunaha mae,
        Watch out, when I throw him down here,
        Source: Viv 01E(Eno) 101-102
      • Example 7998:
        "Si otei ean sa antee haa tea vaakuu anaa teo naono!"
        "Dear man, you cannot make me fall down from the tree!"
        Source: Gol 01R 006
      • Example 7999:
        Ean sa antee rakaha haa nom, tea vaakuu anaa teo naono!
        You are not able, to make me fall from the tree!
        Source: Gol 01E(Eno) 014-015
      • Example 8000:
        Enaa paa rake mau o vua naono to no vaakuu a maoruu, enam he tea kepo sinivi.
        I am looking for a tree fruit that a dove dropped while we were carving a canoe.
        Source: Aro 08E(Eno) 038

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  • See also:
    • hoa vaakuu ni (of the hurricane) blow someone or something down
    • hoa vaakuu push and make somebody or something fall somewhere
    • kuu fall down / pass away