vaave1 put the roofing on a house; thatch
| Part of Speech | vi |
| Variant Form(s) | vaa'ave |
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- put the roofing on a house; thatch
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- house
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Example 2197:
Source: Eno 02W 044Bea vaave gunaha, eara na taneo maara teo vatetekoio, ore gunaha maa beara hogo bata ni naora a ta atovo paana ta meha.When fixing the thatch downwards, we start at the ridgepole and then it goes down when we shove one sheet of sago palm thatch underneath the other. -
Example 2349:
Source: Sii 17W 117Beara mei rara tea vaave, eara pasi rake roho rara a kara obai mene kisikisi bono hum tokatoka bara naono vai to pasi paku raara bono hum tokatoka.Before making the thatch, we will first search for obai vine for tying the scaffold and the poles from which we make the scaffold. -
Example 8284:
Source: Eno 02W 037Tea vaave, eara na paku roho rara a poka, o hum to sun bata raara beara vaave batara.For putting up the thatch we make first a bench to stand on while putting up the thatch. -
Example 8285:
Source: Eno 02W 038Me tea vaave, eara na antee rara tea vaave hiava ge vaave gunaha.When putting up the thatch, we can (start from the bottom) moving upwards or start (from the top) moving downwards- (lit. we can thatch upwards or thatch downwards).
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