vapae ni fill up a hole with earth

Part of Speech vt.constr
MWE Structure vt - appl
Morphology va-pae
Gloss MULT-fill.up.a.hole
    • fill up a hole with earth
      • agriculture
      • Example 1461:
        Beara pinagi batara, eara toro vapae bata ni rara a toon na gaan kaukau, ore pura bara haoto vabeera.,
        When we do the weeding, we must bury (fill up with earth) the top of the sweet potato mound (where the growing sweet potato has made a hole), so that it grows and ripens to full growth.
        Source: Sii 20W 031-032

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  • See also:
    • gaan kaukau sweet potato mound
    • pae bury somebody or something; fill a hole