varavuravu squash

• • squash
  • • unclassified

  comment

  The simple form <ravuravu> is not attested in the corpus

  • • Example 8935:
      

      Enam re tasu, tasu, tasu varavuravu o ana suva, enam repaa peo mana ee komano vasu.

      We beat, beat, beat and squash the suva roots, and then we sprinkle them between the stones (lit. inside the stones).

      Source:

      Hel 15R 025-026

    • Example 8936:
      

      Eara repaa taneo tea tasu varavuravu a ana suva bona vasu.

      Then we start beating and squashing the suva roots with the stone.

      Source:

      Hel 15E(Sha) 013

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• See also:
  • suva² a shrub with leaves used for fish poisoning
  • tasu¹ beat something