basadigo tie-beam: horizontal beam resting on posts (iutego, [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	ᵐbasaⁿdiᵑgo
Morphology	basa ‘head’ + digo ‘pillar’

• • tie-beam: horizontal beam resting on posts (iutego, digo), and supporting the roof structure
  • • Archi

  Literally	head of timber
  Encyclopedic Info	A house has two such beams, one on each side of the roof.

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• See also:
  • nengele moe the various structural components of a house and its roof