vabooboha hatch

Part of Speech vi
Morphology va-booboha
Gloss MULT-break
    • hatch
      • animals, birds
      • Comment The subject of vabooboha may refer to female bird or to the egg.
      • Example 5927:
        Beo pus toa vabooboha, ore paa tei vagavagava kurus, ore paa toptop araara, ei beara kao vahuusu riori.
        When the hens are hatching, they are very aggressive and peck at us, when we come too close to them.
        Source: Sii 47W 028
      • Example 6282:
        Amaa rupi toa na vabooboha.
        The chicken eggs hatched.
        Source: Sii 2008W 128
      • Example 6283:
        Beo rupi vaabaaba vakavara, ore paa vabooboha.
        When the eggs have developed into creatures, they hatch.
        Source: Sii 10W 019

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