~toe¹ cut ‹wood+›, chop, with a knife or axe / harvest ‹bananas› by [...]

1. • cut ‹wood+›, chop, with a knife or axe
   • • Techn

   • • Example 36:
       

       Li-toe dero i-abu.

       They cut down the cauri tree.

     • Example 2481:
       

       Dapa kula ka li-le li-toe longe ne ngogoro.

       Some men went to cut firewood in the bush.

     • Example 2482:
       

       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 (~bo1) in the shape of a semi-circle.

     • Example 2483:
       

       li-toe sela

       cut the umbilical chord

2. • harvest ‹bananas› by chopping a bunch off the tree

   • • Example 2484:
       

       Li-toe udo

       cut some bananas

3. • make ‹s.th.› out of wood

   • • Example 2485:
       

       I-toe kuo iape.

       He cut himself a canoe.

     • Example 2486:
       

       Awoiu kape le-toe langasuo peini, ka nengele wamitaka.

       Then you make the rail (for the canoe) as well as the smaller pegs.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • ~toe² chop at s.th. (ñe); destroy
• See also:
  • ~totoe chop, cut ‹s.th.› in many pieces
  • ~bi¹ pick ‹fruit› from its tree, using hand