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

1. • house: tradit. wooden construction with bamboo wallings and sago thatch

   • • Example 1676:
       

       li-vo mwoe

       build a house

     • Example 1677:
       

       ebele moe

       the structure of the house

     • Example 1678:
       

       telemwoe peini mwoe

       house wallings

     • Example 1679:
       

       ne lema moe

       inside the house

     • Example 1680:
       

       ne pwa moe

       underneath the house

     • Example 1681:
       

       ne mata moe

       in the frontyard

     • Example 1682:
       

       Pi-wete otovo pi-ko pe-songai moe.

       We are making the roofing to repair our house.

     • Example 1683:
       

       moe pe li-apinu ene

       [the house they cook in] cooking house, separate kitchen

2. • 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
• Subentry:
  • mwoe house