vatabitabin wriggle

Part of Speech vi
Morphology va-tabi-tabin
Gloss MULT-RED-turn
    • wriggle
      • motion
      • Example 9053:
        A sii otei paa gono koa bono taapeau, mepaa tahi bona, me peana vatabitabin nana, evehe gono bono pakoo mepaa navuhu govara bona, mea oraa bona paa mate.
        And the man got the spear and shot him (the spirit), and while (the spirit) was wriggling, (the man) got the club and hit his head off, and that spirit died.
        Source: San 01E(Eno) 083-084

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