vateen² put on a backpack; carry a backpack; carry in a backpack

Part of Speech

vi/vt

• • put on a backpack; carry a backpack; carry in a backpack
  • • transfer

  • • Example 3991:
      

      Subuava! Vateen pahi maa an, ...

      Old woman, nevertheless, put on your backpack, ...

      Source: Eno 01E(Eno) 023

    • Example 6667:
      

      Eara pasi varoto rara a vateen to pasi vateen bata nom a moon, bea otei sunuu batana.

      We would tie up the backpack that a woman would carry, while the man was torch fishing.

      Source: Sii 26W 048

    • Example 9110:
      

      Evehee sue koa voen mea moon paa vateen bona vateen.

      He spoke like this and the woman put on the backpack.

      Source: Eno 01E(Eno) 025

Related entries

• See also:
  • varoto tie something up to be carried somewhere, strap something up (e.g. a backpack)
  • vatee² carry something in a backpack
  • vateen¹ traditional backpack in which women carry food, clothes, etc.
  • kara urisi strap made of a wild banana sheath
  • urisi² banana-sheath strap; strap made of a wild banana sheath, used for carrying knapsacks and as a tape measure
  • vatee paapao ki bring someone greens in a backpack
  • vateen a vateen put on a backpack
  • vateen ni use something for strapping up the backpack