~bi¹ pick ‹fruit› from its tree, using hand

Part of Speech	verb, transitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)ᵐbi
Tanema Equivalent	~bele
Lovono Equivalent	~bi

• • pick ‹fruit› from its tree, using hand

  • • Example 397:
      

      Li-bi bale

      pick breadfruit

    • Example 398:
      

      Li-bi balawe

      pick a pineapple

    • Example 399:
      

      Li-bi vongoro

      collect Canarium almonds

    • Example 400:
      

      U-le u-bi avie, me u-kamai, me le-sai ñe kava.

      Go pick some Malay apples, and bring them so we can eat out the taste of kava.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S42

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• See also:
  • ~bi¹ pick ‹fruit› from its tree, using hand
  • ~toe¹ cut ‹wood+›, chop, with a knife or axe / harvest ‹bananas› by chopping a bunch off the tree / make ‹s.th.› out of wood
  • ~ae hollow out; remove stuff from ‹wood+› / dig a hole in ‹ground› / dig ‹hole› in s.th. / dig out, harvest ‹yam, hill taro›
  • ~au¹ pluck out ‹s.th.› by pulling it out / remove ‹water taro+› by plucking it out; hence harvest
  • ~wete violently push a long, hard object into ‹s.o., s.th.›: pierce, spear, stab, pound+ / spear ‹fish+› / shoot ‹s.o., s.th.› with arrow / pound ‹s.o., s.th.› with the end of a long stick, or any similar implement / drive ‹digging stick, ekuo› into the ground, to soften it when planting tubers / dig out ‹swamp taro, vivilo› by driving a digging stick into the ground; hence harvest / pound ‹taros, almonds+› in a bowl, using a long and heavy pestle / grind ‹kava+› using a longish coral stone or a pestle / pin ‹clothes, leaves+› using a needle or a small pointed stick
  • ~avi pick ‹s.th.›, pick up, espec. by pinching it between o.'s fingers, or holding it with tongs