langasuo wooden rail tying the outrigger (demene) to the [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	laŋasuo

• • wooden rail tying the outrigger (demene) to the canoe hull (ebele kuo)

  Syntactic Restriction

  on outrigger canoes

  • • Example 1381:
      

      Kape le-toe langasuo peini, ka nengele wamitaka.

      You cut out the big rail, and then the smaller pieces.

      Example Comment

      canoe

Related entries

• See also:
  • kuo canoe, esp. traditional canoe made of a single trunk, with no outrigger / boat, ship, from other cultures / “canoe tree”: k.o. tree (unidentified), traditionally chosen for making canoes – hence its name