vataraa flat on one's back / on its outside

1. • flat on one's back
   • • body & health

   • • Example 9081:
       

       Evehee goroho vataraa ki nana bona roava toon na vasu.

       While he was lying on his back, enjoying the heat of the sun on the stone.

       Source:

       Viv 01E(Eno) 023

2. • on its outside

   • • Example 5188:
       

       Tea kahu orovi, eara na vaobete vataraa rara o orovi. Eara repaa kahu a komanae, eve re tamee.

       To scrape a black wild banana sheath, we lay it down with on its outside. Then we scrape its inside so it becomes flexible.

       Source:

       Sii Tav 01E(Joy) 013

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• See also:
  • orovi black wild banana sheath; the inside is scraped out thoroughly leaving a very thin flexible soft black sheath which is dried and split into strips and then used for weaving designs in mats, armbands, belts; woven together with strips of pandanus leaves
  • taraa lie flat on one's back