Dictionaria -

Teanu dictionary (Solomon Islands): Example 1717

Word senses:

monone a sturdy, round wooden mortar used in cooking, esp. to pound taros and Canarium almonds (vongoro) during the preparation of the pudding (mama)
~wete pound ‹taros, almonds+› in a bowl, using a long and heavy pestle

I-tau jebute moioe ponu, i-loko i-ka i-le ne monone ka i-wete. I-wete awoiu ka i-ejau mama ada.

Once the taro was cooked, she put it in a mortar and began to pound it. When she finished pounding it, she made the pudding.

Example URL: https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003351#S7