vagegesu ni use something to make a clapping sound; make rhythmic clapping [...]

Part of Speech	vt.constr
MWE Structure	vi - appl
Morphology	vagegesu ni
Gloss	MULT-RED-clap APPL

• • use something to make a clapping sound; make rhythmic clapping sounds with something
  • • sound

  • • Example 6999:
      

      Beam vatatako mee eam repaa vagegesu nia maa tako team.

      Also, when you play the tako nut game, then you make the clapping sound with your tako nuts.

      Source: SiiSen 03W 022

Related entries

• See also:
  • vatatako play a game with tako nuts (nuts of the Alexandrian laurel tree), in which you jiggle two tako nuts, making a clapping sound by hitting them in your hands against a bokii shell that you hold in one hand
  • gesu slap the sea water when playing in the water