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

Part of Speech vt
Morphology vaa-totobin
Gloss CAUS-straight
    • make straight
      • unclassified
      • Example 8259:
        vaatotobin a ihunae
        make its nose straight (i.e. when carving a canoe)
        Source: Mor 04R 071
    • 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
    • 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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