vatamee make flexible

Part of Speech vt
Morphology va-tamee
Gloss CAUS-flexible
    • make flexible
      • unclassified
      • Example 5151:
        Eara na tasu vatamee ae vamuraka ni rara o iobo, ore antee bona koto ae a an teara tea tabae o iobo o taba o torisi.
        We beat the sea-sausage flexible and soft until we can bite and eat it, because the sea-sausage is a tough thing. (lit. so that it is enough for the biting and our eating)
        Source: Hel 07E(Sha) 013
      • Example 9066:
        ... mene vatamee koa bona teo vuri vaa tea huha.
        ... to make it flexible for sewing the thatch.
        Source: Eno 13W 005

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