vavaavihi travel

Part of Speech vi
Morphology va-vaavihi
Gloss RED-travel
    • travel
      • motion
      • Example 187:
        O iana to hanahana rori, eiei o iana to vavaavihi rori ei hoohoa, ponpon, a anahi ae a paroparoo.
        The fish that are caught in the net are those fish that travel, that is the hoohoa needlefish, the ponpon needlefish, the mullet, and the young trevally.
        Source: Eno 16W 025
      • Example 4851:
        O korotoe a meha iana vaa namana, eori he na naonao vaagum batari. A kaku iana bari na vavaavihi bata koari.
        The barracuda is another fish of the deep-sea, they move around in a crowd. These kinds of fish just travel around.
        Source: Eno 11W 113-115

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