vao pouch; bag / pouch of a possum

Part of Speech n2
    • pouch; bag
      • containers
      • Example 7040:
        A vao mene vaatei bona maa taba vai a vasisio, ore goe ta taporo ge tamemeke.
        The bag is used for storing things that must be carefully handled, so that they do not burst or get smashed.
        Source: Sii 47W 136-137
      • Example 8795:
        No gono maa a vao, enaa re vaatei amaa moorii komana vao.
        Go and get a pouch, so that I can put the citrus fruit inside.
        Source: Sii 47W 134
      • Example 8796:
        Bean nao teo toana, ean toro dee bata a vao tean mene vaon voosu maa bona taba to paa gono mau an.
        When you go to the market, you must take your bag for carrying the things that you got home. (lit for loading (and) going home)
        Source: Sii 47W 135
    • pouch of a possum
      • animals, mammals
      • Example 4122:
        A beiko tea manii na tei bata koana tea vao te sinanae ei komanae.
        The child of the possum stays in his mother's pouch, in her belly.
        Source: Sii 09W 022

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