vatakapa lift a cover

Part of Speech vt
Morphology va-ta-kapa
Gloss CAUS-ACAUS-lift.open
    • lift a cover
      • unclassified
      • Example 3837:
        A iravata na hoa maa tea bon mepaa hoa vatakapa bono kovuaka na inu tere Tokoo.
        The wind blew in the night, and it blew off the top thatch sheet of the house of Tokoo and his people.
        Source: Jan 01W 107-108

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  • See also:
    • hoa2 (of the wind) blow (at somebody or something)
    • kapa1 cover (of something); skin (of animals, root crops, etc., but not of humans); shell of turtles and shellfish; exoskeleton; bark of trees
    • takapa peel off by itself; be uncovered; be removed (of a cover); be lifted (of a cover)