vavaasun1 put up something habitually

Part of Speech vt
Morphology va-vaa-sun
Gloss RED-CAUS-stand
    • put up something habitually
      • transfer
      • Example 5338:
        Beara vavaasun vakavara a pihae, eara repaa pam rooroto taviri e bene guu,
        When we have finished putting up the coconut fronds, we tightly tie them around the pig, (that is hanging down from a tree branch with its head down)
        Source: Eno 10E(Eno) 009
      • Example 6351:
        A kave seige, a kave bona na vavaasun riori orepaa vahakaa maa.
        The seige net, they put up this net and then they beat the water to chase the fish into the net.
        Source: VaaSen 01W 711
      • Example 9189:
        Tea paos, eara na vavaasun roho rara a ta dorana e ta paos vaa tea maa vavaarihi.
        As for the posts, we erect first the four posts on the sides (corner studs).
        Source: Eno 06W 009
      • Example 9190:
        Be kavara, eara repaa vavaasun taviri e bona pihae vai a raka.
        After that we make dry coconut fronds stand around it. (i.e. after we have hanged the dead pig on a branch)
        Source: Eno 10E(Eno) 008

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  • See also:
    • seige kind of fishing net with cowry shells attached to it
    • vaasun1 erect; set up something somewhere; put something somewhere