~bo2 carve ‹wood›, to give it a specific shape or sharpen it

Part of Speech verb, transitive
Phonetic Form (i·)ᵐbo
Tanema Equivalent ~ibo
Lovono Equivalent ~me
    • carve ‹wood›, to give it a specific shape or sharpen it
      • Example 419:
        Li-bo kuo.
        make [carve] a canoe
      • Example 420:
        Li-bo digo.
        cut out house beams
      • Example 421:
        Li-toe bokoe li-bo.
        They're trimming a tree fern and shaping it (into a statue).
      • Example 422:
        Tepapa, li-toe kara nebe li-bo nga kulaña metele.
        To make a stomping board, you cut a root of rosewood tree, and carve it in the shape of a semi-circle.

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  • See also:
    • ~toe2 chop at s.th. (ñe); destroy
    • kuo canoe, esp. traditional canoe made of a single trunk, with no outrigger / boat, ship, from other cultures / “canoe tree”: k.o. tree (unidentified), traditionally chosen for making canoes – hence its name
    • ~made sharpen, carve ‹wood› so as to give it a sharp or pointy shape
    • vilo plant: generic name for all plants, when a particular species name is not specified / tree / wood / piece of wood, stick