vaataena2 have a bottom; make a bottom

Part of Speech vi/vt
Morphology vaa-tae-na
Gloss CAUS-bottom-DEREL
    • have a bottom; make a bottom
      • boats & other means of transport
      • Example 7048:
        O sinivi paa vaataena vaevuru, me toro tamosi bata maana, beori vaatavusu bata rori, tea papaes vaa teo vaataeno sinivi.
        The canoe has now a bottom, and must be cut, when they make it come out (as a canoe) through the cutting on the sides of the bottom of the canoe.
        Source: Tah 02R 062-063

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