vuuvuu dip something into something

Part of Speech vt
    • dip something into something
      • food & drink
      • Example 9574:
        Bean tau naha ean repaa vuuvuu a are tea eva, ean repaa mono e bono paka kukunata.
        When you s are about to chew betel nut, you dip a betel nut into the lime, you wrap it into kukunata-leaves.
        Source: Eno 19W 011
      • Example 9575:
        Vuuvuu nasu e ta marai tean.
        Dip into your pepper first (into the lime when chewing betelnuts)
        Source: SiiSen 01W 888

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  • See also:
    • kukunata plant with leaves that are chewed with betel nuts; similar to the mustard seed leaf
    • marai pepper plant chewed with betel nut. It is dipped into the lime and chewed