kangele kome giant clam

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	kaŋele kome
Morphology	kangele ‘mollusc’ + kome ‘axe’

• • giant clam
  • • Sea

  Literally	axe mollusc
  Scientific Name	Tridacna gigas
  Encyclopedic Info	Its hard shell is traditionally used to make axes (kome), hence its name.

  • • Example 1039:
      

      Dapa noma li-vo kangele kome li-ia kome.

      People in the past used to break giant clams and grind them into axes.

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• See also:
  • kanamuko Bear Paw clam
  • kome axe, tradit. made of the shell of a giant clam