~made sharpen, carve ‹wood› so as to give it a sharp or pointy shape

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

• • sharpen, carve ‹wood› so as to give it a sharp or pointy shape

  Lexical Function Gloss

  file s.th.

  • • Example 1503:
      

      I-bo ebele kuo; awoiu, i-made basa, ka teviri.

      After cutting out the canoe hull, he carved out its prow and its stern.

Related entries

• See also:
  • ~bo² carve ‹wood›, to give it a specific shape or sharpen it
  • ~ia¹ rub intensely ‹s.th.› so as to alter its shape; file ‹s.th.› / light ‹fire, iawo› by rubbing wooden sticks together