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

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  • 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