vuri2 ripen; be ripe

Part of Speech vi
    • ripen; be ripe
      • plants
      • growth
      • Example 578:
        A bai tenaa a vuri.
        My mango is ripe.
        Source: Sii 15W 009
      • Example 1547:
        Goe ta gei o pauna sabun vuri vamataa.
        Do not eat the bananas that are not fully ripe yet.
        Source: Jan 03W 007
      • Example 5588:
        Bea peree, a kapa nae a pereperee, be vuri, a kapa nae repaa kasikasiree.
        When it is unripe, its skin is green; when it ripens, its skin becomes yellow. (i.e. the fruit of the jew plum tree called makasi)
        Source: Sii 15W 060

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  • See also:
    • vaavuri wait for something to ripen; let something ripen
    • vurivuri (of bananas) ripe