vabunobuno move to and fro

Part of Speech vi
Morphology va-buno-buno
Gloss MULT-RED-move
    • move to and fro
      • motion
      • Example 734:
        O iana pasi tara mau bona beana be vabunobuno nana, eori repaa ma koto bona beana.
        The fish will see the bait moving to and fro and then come and bite the bait.
        Source: Eno 16W 187
      • Example 6958:
        O pus na kaoto vabunobuno nana pasi takara nana.
        The base of the kaoto tree is moving to and fro, it is going to be uprooted.
        Source: Jan 01W 027

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  • See also:
    • beana1 bait (small fish, hermit crabs, bits and pieces of octopus, a type of sea-sausage called "sea-sausage mahaa"
    • buno move one's body (so that something else moves)
    • koto bite something or somebody
    • vavaaiku1 swing to and fro
    • vavaaiku2 fishing in the deep sea with a fishing line dragged along as the fisherman is paddling the canoe