vua vataneo start bearing fruit

Part of Speech vi.constr
MWE Structure vi - adv
Morphology vua va-taneo
Gloss bear.fruit ADVR-start
    • start bearing fruit
      • growth
      • plants
      • Example 2057:
        Bea vua vataneo, o hiiruu nae o karikariapa o tara vamanin kurus.
        When it starts bearing fruit, its pink flowers look very beautiful. (i.e. the flowers of the myrtle)
        Source: Sii 15W 035
      • Example 9495:
        Abana saka tagava pinopino haari bono atovo vai mene ani. Na tara rori bono atovo beve vua vataneo maana, ore paa tagava bari.
        The men do not carelessly fell the sago palm for food. They look if the sago palm has started bearing nuts, then they cut it down.
        Source: Sii 17W 122

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