lo rafter: light beam extending from the ridgepole [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	lo

• • rafter: light beam extending from the ridgepole (pumene) down to the tie-beam (basadigo), forming the roof structure
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  Encyclopedic Info

  There are about ten rafters on each side of the roof. They rest on purlins (dienebe,womoe), and in turn support the sago thatch (sodo otovo).

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