varoto tie something up to be carried somewhere, strap something up [...]

Part of Speech	vt
Morphology	va-roto
Gloss	MULT.tie.up

• • tie something up to be carried somewhere, strap something up (e.g. a backpack)
  • • unclassified

  • • Example 6667:
      

      Eara pasi varoto rara a vateen to pasi vateen bata nom a moon, bea otei sunuu batana.

      We would tie up the backpack that a woman would carry, while the man was torch fishing.

      Source:

      Sii 26W 048

    • Example 8975:
      

      Merau, mea sii moon paa varoto bona vateen teve.

      And so the woman tied up her backpack.

      Source:

      Siv 01E(Eno) 015

    • Example 8976:
      

      E subuava paa varoto bona maa sunaha pauna.

      The old woman strapped up the banana suckers.

      Source:

      Eno 01R 111

Related entries

• See also:
  • vateen¹ traditional backpack in which women carry food, clothes, etc.
  • varovaroto pack up
  • vateen² put on a backpack; carry a backpack; carry in a backpack