vakamuru ni shave the children's head as part of the child-blessing ceremony [...]

Part of Speech vt
Morphology va-kamuru ni
Gloss MULT-shave APPL
    • shave the children's head as part of the child-blessing ceremony (vaasipoana)
      • clothing & grooming
      • culture
      • Example 6158:
        A inu to tavatava ni riori bono vahara beiko bara vakamuru ni riori teo taatate vaa tea vaasipoana.
        The house where they did the incisions on the children and shaved them according to the child-blessing custom.
        Source: Jub 01W 020

Related entries

  • See also:
    • kakamuru boha shave someone's hair; cut someone's hair very short
    • kamuru shave the hair on the head (also as part of the boys' initiation and the vaasipoana)