okoro aplaka metal knife, esp. used for cooking, peeling, etc.

Part of Speech	noun
Proto-Form	POc: *qauR 'bamboo'
Tanema Equivalent	toki
Lovono Equivalent	toki

• • metal knife, esp. used for cooking, peeling, etc.

  Literally	small knife
  Encyclopedic Info	It is called ‘small knife’ by comparison with the ordinary bushknife or machete.

  • • Example 1986:
      

      I-ta balawe ñe okoro aplaka.

      He's peeling a pineapple with a small knife.

Related entries

• Contains:
  • okoro bamboo / name of certain artefacts made of bamboo / a heavy bamboo, used as a stamping tube. Singers of buro bula okoro ‘bamboo songs’ stamp (~woi) the bamboo on the ground, thereby producing a deep sound as they sing along / a traditional knife made of bamboo; hence (modern) knife; bushknife, machete