moe house: tradit. wooden construction with bamboo wallings and sago [...]

Part of Speech noun
Phonetic Form moe
Variant Form(s) mwoe
Proto-Form POc: *Rumaq
Tanema Equivalent nalama
Lovono Equivalent moe
    • house: tradit. wooden construction with bamboo wallings and sago thatch
    • structure or place analogous to a house, in its shape or its function
    • Sense Comment gen
      • Example 875:
        mwoe ie telupe
        a pigeon's nest
      • Example 924:
        Moe iaba pwo; iote iu, ie mwaliko iote.
        Our flat is located below; as for the one above, it belongs to someone else.
        Example Comment
        storey house
      • Example 1305:
        Tepuke ponu, kuo pine; moe aplaka pon, ne pongo kuo pon.
        The ‘tepuke’ ship is a large canoe; it has a small cabin, on top of the ship.
      • Example 1684:
        moe etapu
        [holy house] church
      • Example 1685:
        moe ma tadoe
        the lair of Spirits

Related entries

  • See also:
    • mata moe area in front of house, forecourt
    • mataruene doorway: entrance of a house, where the door (ruene) stands; somet. door
    • ruene door of a house
    • telemoe walls of a house (moe ~ mwoe), tradit. made of plaited bamboo or large leaves
    • tokoli raised wooden platform: elevated passage, bridge / raised floor platform in a stilt house
    • tapaia buioe floor of wooden slats, made of areca wood (buioe)
    • pwa tokoli empty space under the raised floor platform (tokoli) of a stilt house
    • ebele moe house structure, house frame
    • nengele moe the various structural components of a house and its roof
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