vavaagunaha drop something; let something down

Part of Speech vt
Morphology va-vaa-gunaha
Gloss RED-CAUS-go.down
    • drop something; let something down
      • transfer
      • Example 5172:
        to mene orooro kahi batana bona maa hum to kahi vavaagunaha kave raara.
        (These two shells hold the net steady,) so that it won't float away from the place where we would let the net down.
        Source: Eno 08W 030
      • Example 5395:
        O torovaagina vaa America to vavaagunaha supply teo parasutu.
        A plane from America dropped supplies by parachute.
        Source: Eno Tah 01E(Eno) 124
      • Example 7586:
        O peho sinivi to vaahae nana bona kave mi bona kukan a aba, a buaku vaa tea vavaagunaha kave, a peha he a too horohoro.
        One canoe loads the net with three people, two people to let the net down, and one person who punts the canoe.
        Source: Eno 12W 006

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