vaatotobin make straight / organise; arrange / correct; get something in order

1. • make straight
   • • unclassified

   • • Example 8259:
       

       vaatotobin a ihunae

       make its nose straight (i.e. when carving a canoe)

       Source:

       Mor 04R 071

2. • organise; arrange
   • • unclassified

   • • Example 5241:
       

       enam he tea vaatotobin amaa paepa vaavihi tenam, ...

       (Two days we stayed in Port Moresby,) organising (lit. making straight) our travel documents, ...

       Source:

       Sii Eno 01W 154

3. • correct; get something in order

   • • Example 2101:
       

       Hio me beera vaa vaan, ean re vaatotobin a vuu tom sinana tean.

       Sit together with the chief of the village, and then you get your family (problems) in order.

       Source:

       Jub 01W 015

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• See also:
  • totobin straight