vapepeana1 grow many branches or tubers

Part of Speech vi
Morphology va-pe-pea-na
Gloss MULT-RED-branch-DEREL
    • grow many branches or tubers
      • growth
      • Example 3559:
        Beve hooto, eove repaa vapepeana maa komano kasuana potee bona kobisi na aba.
        When it is mature, it grows tubers inside the ground that look like a person's finger. (i.e. the yam called viipana)
        Source:
        Joy 19W 171
      • Example 8589:
        O eva o vapepeana nana bara na vakavakarapi nana komana tahii.
        The corals grow many branches and fork in many directions in the sea.
        Source:
        Sii 45W(Joy) 081
      • Example 8874:
        Beara suguna teo hum to tei nae a atovo, eara toro viana vamataa o vuaba vai o manoto vamataa, bara to vapepeana vamataa nana mee.
        When we reach the place where the sago palms are, we must carefully choose one that is really ripe and also has many branches.
        Source:
        Eno 02W 003

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