vageegeno curved; crooked

Part of Speech vi
Morphology va-gee-geno
Gloss MULT-RED-crooked
    • curved; crooked
      • dimensional properties
      • Example 4672:
        ... eara mene mosi vahoara o hum vai o vageegeno ge to tanove nana.
        ... so that we won't accidentally cut the part where the tree is crooked or is bulky.
        Source: Tah 02E(Eno) 008
      • Example 5903:
        O naono vai, beve pura, na pura hiava vatotobin bata koana, saka vageegeno bata haana.
        When this tree grows, it grows up straight, it does not grow crookedly. (i.e. the garcinia species called marabai)
        Source: Aro Sha Joy 01W 080-081
      • Example 5904:
        Vaiava. O naono vai na pura hiava vatotobin koana. Ahiki beve vageegeno.
        This tree grows up straight. It is not crooked. (lit. it doesn't exist that it is crooked)
        Source: Aro Sha Joy 01W 144-146
      • Example 8364:
        O kehaa bona o vagegenoo bara na toutou nana a toon nae.
        This shelfish is curved and its back has spikes. (i.e. the Frog Shell)
        Source: Sii 45W(Joy) 184

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  • See also:
    • marabai a tree that grows to about 20 m, often forming the understorey of the forest canopy. I
    • matakuroo Frog Shell
    • vaiava horsefieldia species; a small tree that grows to a height of 15 m with brownish leaves, forming the understorey of the forest canopy
    • genogeno everywhere; all over; various(ly); differently
    • pura hiava vatotobin (of plants) grow up straight
    • vatotobin straight; clearly; correctly; directly, exactly