vavuhu digging into the ground

• • digging into the ground
  • • motion

  • • Example 5126:
      

      eve he kuu mepaa ona vavuhu ni teo butoo.

      but it (the tree) fell down and sank into the mud.

      Source:

      Sii 17W 181

    • Example 6924:
      

      mepaa tahi vavuhu ni bono buo moo kakaniva teve tobina veoveo,

      and landed with her two sharp claws stabbing into the ground in the middle of the village square,

      Source:

      Aro 04E(Eno) 018

    • Example 9242:
      

      Mepaa naovu gunaha maa me ma vii vavuhu bona bua moonae tea veoveo,

      And she flew down and stabbed her two claws into the ground of the village square.

      Source:

      Aro 04E(Eno) 127-128

Related entries

• See also:
  • ona² hit (not miss) something
  • vuhu dig oneself into the ground; sink into the ground
  • ona vavuhu ni get oneself stuck in the ground