vatete hovo chase someone or an animal into something

Part of Speech vt.constr
MWE Structure vt - vi
Morphology vatete hovo
Gloss chase go.into
    • chase someone or an animal into something
      • unclassified
      • Example 5448:
        Pasi vatete maari bono pata iana, ore vatete hovo komana kave.
        When they chase the school of fish, they chase them into the net.
        Source: Eno 12W 014
      • Example 9118:
        A varigomo o kaku vagana to vaagunaha raara a kave, eara repaa vatete hovo ri maa o iana.
        The varigomo is a kind of fishing where we let the net down and then chase the fish into the net.
        Source: Eno 16W 181

Related entries