vahio¹ let someone sit down; put something somewhere

• • let someone sit down; put something somewhere
  • • transfer

  • • Example 1163:
      

      Suguna mepaa vahio bona vateen burihina.

      When (she) arrived, (she) put her backpack behind the house.

      Source: Aro 06E(Eno) 032

    • Example 8462:
      

      Evehee a otei na hio nana. Na vahio varavihi ori teebona

      However, the man was sitting there. They had let (him) sit there hidden

      Source: Aro 07R 125-126

    • Example 8463:
      

      Nao meori mee ri maa bari meori paa vahio ri bari tea mohina muu.

      Went (there) and they took them (to their place) and they made them sit down in the taro garden.

      Source: Mat 01R 123

    • Example 8464:
      

      meori paa vahio bene beera vaa Namatoa matana

      they made the chief of Namatoa sit in front

      Source: Mah 13E(Eno) 149

    • Example 8465:
      

      mea moon paa vahio bona vateen, vahio vamataa bona beiko, ...

      and the woman put down the backpack, made the child sit properly, ...

      Source: Siv 01E(Eno) 030-031

    • Example 8466:
      

      ean paa vahio nao a nahu kiikiono tean komano suraa.

      then you put your kiikiono pot on the fire.

      Source: Hel 06R 060

    • Example 8467:
      

      Ean paa vahio a nahu toa teo suraa.

      You put the pot onto the fire.,

      Source: Joy 02W 014

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• See also:
  • hio¹ sit; stay
  • vahio kasuana the custom of setting a chiefly child for the first time on the ground