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Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands): Example 270

Word senses:

  • ~avi   pick ‹s.th.›, pick up, espec. by pinching it between o.'s fingers, or holding it with tongs
  • aviro   tongs, esp. long wooden tongs used to manipulate the hot stones of the oven (awene) while cooking
  • ñe   ‘(do V) with’, ‘using’: Instrumental preposition
  • visiboko   stones used in the traditional oven (awene) for cooking and baking food
Li-avi visiboko ñe aviro.
You remove the oven stones with the tongs.

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Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands) by Alexandre François

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