viravira a lot; plenty; very

Part of Speech adv
Morphology vira-vira
Gloss RED-plenty
    • a lot; plenty; very
      • quantification
      • Example 2324:
        Bea maa hum purihi nana, eve kurus o vuri to tavus viravira kurus riori.
        When the weather is wet, that's indeed the time they (the sandflies) come out in huge quantities.
        Source: Sii 33W 087
      • Example 7472:
        Enam he baitono koa voen mea maa abana paa mararae vatakaha, meori tei viravira mi bona maa tabaan.
        When we heard this (i.e. that the war was over), the people enjoyed themselves till dawn, and they had lots of food.
        Source: Eno Aro 01E 048
      • Example 9379:
        Meve paa vanavana viravira bata bona iana.
        And he shot lots of fish
        Source: Mor 02R 019
      • Example 9380:
        A moon he tara koa voen, mepaa tamaka viravira kurusu.
        When the woman saw this, (she) became very sad.
        Source: Ata 01E(Eno) 090-091

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