vatapuhaka make the pus come out

Part of Speech vt
Morphology va-tapuhaka
Gloss CAUS-pus
    • make the pus come out
      • body & health
      • Example 6526:
        A moo ne Kitata na subu nana, a rootoo. Meo tapuhaka na tei nana komana rootoo, a pii. E sinanae na nomo vatapuhaka bono rootoo meo tapuhaka paa tavus vakavara.
        Kitata's leg is swollen, it is a boil. And the pus stays inside the boil, the sore. His mother pressed the boil to make the pus come out, and all the pus came out.
        Source: Sii 29W 056

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  • See also:
    • puhaka gut (a fish); remove the intestines of an animal
    • tapuhaka pus