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

Part of Speech verb, transitive
Phonetic Form (i·)toe
Tanema Equivalent ~teo
Lovono Equivalent ~to
    • 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
    • harvest ‹bananas› by chopping a bunch off the tree
    • 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

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  • See also:
    • ~totoe chop, cut ‹s.th.› in many pieces
    • ~bi1 pick ‹fruit› from its tree, using hand