vaatarahi wait for the tide to ebb

Part of Speech vi
Morphology vaa-ta-rahi
Gloss CAUS-ACAUS-pull
    • wait for the tide to ebb
      • time
      • Example 6778:
        Are vaatarahi vasiihum, are paa taataana pahana vo Teavorana.
        Let's wait a bit for the tide to ebb, then let's walk across (the reef) to Teavorana.
        Source: Sii 26W 017-018
      • Example 8227:
        Be vaatarahi vasiihum, are paa nao tahii tea hovu iobo Hinatoro.
        When we have waited a bit for the tide to ebb, we'll go to the sea to catch sea-sausages in Hinatoro.
        Source: Sii 26W 019

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