~ia¹ rub intensely ‹s.th.› so as to alter its shape; file ‹s.th.› / [...]

Part of Speech	verb, transitive
Phonetic Form	(i·)ja

1. • rub intensely ‹s.th.› so as to alter its shape; file ‹s.th.›

   • • Example 820:
       

       li-ia aero

       file shells (to make shell-money)

     • Example 821:
       

       Dapa noma li-vo kangele kome li-ia kome.

       People in the past used to break giant clams and grind them into axes.

2. • light ‹fire, iawo› by rubbing wooden sticks together

   • • Example 822:
       

       Li-ia iawo ñe vilo.

       We light fire with (pieces of) wood.

Related entries

• See also:
  • ~made sharpen, carve ‹wood› so as to give it a sharp or pointy shape
  • ~maliawo make a fire
  • iawo fire
  • ~totoñe grate, sand ‹s.th.›