vaaponuu pauna go through the banana bending ritual

Part of Speech vi.constr
MWE Structure vt - n
Morphology vaa-ponuu pauna
Gloss ?-bend banana
    • go through the banana bending ritual
      • culture
      • Example 1044:
        O boni vaaponuu pauna te Rosa ei teo Vaadorana.
        Rosa's banana-bending day is Thursday.
        Source:
        SiiSen 01W 516
      • Example 8129:
        A kavara rio maurata na vaaponuu pauna teo vinu vai to oha.
        All the maurata girls had the banana bending ceremony (marking the end of their first menstruation) last year.
        Source:
        SaoSen 01W 085

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  • See also:
    • ponuu bend something (i.e. things which are not strong)
    • boni vaaponuu pauna banana-bending day (day of the last ritual of the girls' initiation ceremony)
    • vaaponuu go through the banana bending ritual; i.e. the last ritual of the girls' initiation