vuri1 time

Part of Speech n3
    • time
      • time
      • Example 749:
        O kehaa vai na purapura batana teo tete vai, to orooro binubinu batana komana tahii bono vuri o bebeahu.
        This shellfish grows on the logs, that have been floating around in the sea for a long time. (i.e. the shellfish called kekehai)
        Source: Sii 45W(Joy) 118-119
      • Example 5662:
        Beo vuri teve vaa tea venuta ore paa vahuusu bata koa maa, ore paa hopo vahaa tea govee teve, ore paa piipipi vaha maa.
        When its time to change the shell approaches, it (the crab) slips again into its hole and blocks (the entrance).
        Source: Sii 2008W 052

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