lea fathom: measure of length

• • fathom: measure of length

  • • Example 942:
      

      Ni-nabe jokoro lea iune ka kula.

      I measured the bamboo to be one fathom and a half.

    • Example 1418:
      

      Wako li-ejau sowi pine. Bwara dapa li-ko lea tuo. Tuo tae: bwara uluko! Iune, tilu, tete, teva, tili, tuo, i-le uluko!

      So they made a large boat; perhaps six fathoms. No, not six: ten perhaps? One, two, three, four, five, six, all the way to ten!