puro arrow, dart, formerly used in warfare

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	puro

• • arrow, dart, formerly used in warfare

  Encyclopedic Info	Techn: A puro arrow consisted of three parts: a reed shaft (viapwene); an arrowhead (agilo) made of hard wood (vilo korone); and a symbolic tip made of human bone (die idi).
  (Part of) Synonym (for)	diro

  • • Example 1268:
      

      Puro, li-bo vilo korone, li-ejau i-vio ne viapwene.

      To make an arrow, you sharpen a piece of strong wood, and insert it into a reed shaft.

    • Example 2152:
      

      Tabuluburi, tonge iote pine pe li-loko puro i-koie ene.

      A quiver is a long basket were you can insert your arrows.

      Example URL

      https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003352#S129

Related entries

• See also:
  • visone bow, a weapon used with arrows (puro, diro)