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

• • 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.

Related entries

• 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