iawo fire

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	jawo
Proto-Form	POc: *api
Tanema Equivalent	niava
Lovono Equivalent	nepie

• • fire

  • • Example 271:
      

      Telau i-avo boso iawo.

      The food basket is hanging above the fire.

    • Example 822:
      

      Li-ia iawo ñe vilo.

      We light fire with (pieces of) wood.

    • Example 860:
      

      Moe enone i-vongo ne iawo.

      My house perished in the fire.

Related entries

• See also:
  • iawo fire
  • longe firewood / wood, as material
  • awene traditional stone oven
  • kangele iawo flames
  • vangana glow, light
  • pana¹ hot, burning / feel hot
  • ~maili² light ‹fire, iawo›
  • ~maliawo make a fire
  • ~ia¹ rub intensely ‹s.th.› so as to alter its shape; file ‹s.th.› / light ‹fire, iawo› by rubbing wooden sticks together
  • ~vongo eat, have a meal / be burning, burn; perish in fire / be jealous, feel jealousy (for, ne)
  • ~bi² fan (s.o., s.th., ñe)
  • ~su¹ set fire to, burn ‹s.th.› to get rid of it / light ‹torch, buluko› / set fire to ‹cultivated land, sekele› in order to make it ready for cultivation; practise slash-and-burn cultivation
  • ~tau burn ‹s.th.› / burn ‹land›, set fire to the ground – a slash-and-burn technique to prepare a garden for planting / cook ‹food› / burn ‹s.o.›, cause a sensation of burning; irritate, sting
  • kaiawo smoke
  • beniawo ashes
  • viomoro charcoal left in the fireplace
  • uro charcoal, obtained from burnt wood or plants / charcoal reduced to powder, for various uses; black soot / inkpen, pen / black magic, sorcery
  • awene traditional stone oven
  • pana² heat