vatokoro get the traditional piercing

Part of Speech vi
    • get the traditional piercing
      • body & health
      • culture
      • Example 2449:
        Vatokoro ihuna bara tainana.
        The piercing of the nose and the ears.
        Source:
        Kae 02R 035
      • Example 2494:
        A inu bona, a inu vatokoro ei.
        That house is a house for piercing (noses).
        Source:
        Kae 02R 052
      • Example 9125:
        E paapai paa vatokoro mau.
        Uncle has got the traditional piercing.
        Source:
        Jub 01W 032

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  • See also:
    • gerugeru2 undergo the shaving ceremony
    • inu vatokoro house in which noses are pierced as part of the child-blessing ceremony called vaasipoana