vaobete hopo lay or put something into something else

Part of Speech vt.constr
MWE Structure vt - vi
Morphology va-obete hopo
Gloss CAUS-lie enter
    • lay or put something into something else
      • transfer
      • Example 950:
        Bean nahu o vaanomo tean, ean paa vaobete hopo nao o purupuru no binaa teo vaanomo be gonono nana.
        When you cook your oil, you put the flowers of the binaa into the oil when it is boiling.
        Source: Joy 17W 143
      • Example 2219:
        Eara vaobete hopo e komana nahu, eara repaa vaagonono.
        Then we put them (the sea-sausages) into the pot and then cook (them) in boiling water.
        Source: Hel 07E(Sha) 021

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  • See also:
    • hopo1 go into a narrow space or dense area (a cave, rock shelter, hole, hollow tree, the jungle); slip into a hole
    • iobo sea-sausage
    • obete lie somewhere
    • vaobete lay or put something somewhere