vavenu shed one's skin

Part of Speech vi
Variant Form(s) vaven
    • shed one's skin
      • animals, reptiles
      • Example 3938:
        A kuruu be tau vavenu, ore paa hopo tea maa hum patana, ore paa obete teebona. A obete bona pasi anteu be vavenu, ore paa vakikis bona suin nae, ore paa nao pete.
        When the snake is about to shed its skin, it slips into the thicket and lies there. While lying there it can shed its skin and thus strengthen its body, and then it moves on.
        Source: Sii 2008W 105-106
      • Example 9223:
        O kuruu na vaven rori. Na tavus kahi rori bono kapa vai o tamuana. ... Ore paa kaokahi mana bono hum vai to paa vavenu vori.
        The snakes shed their skins. They come out of their old skins. ... Then they leave the place where they have shed their skin.
        Source: Sii 47W 149-150
      • Example 9224:
        Tara tea kuruu to paa vavenu vuru tea bon. A kuruu a vavenu.
        Look at the snake that has shed its skin last night. The snake has shed its skin.
        Source: Sii 2008W 107-108

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