teili¹ fan, tradit. woven with coconut leaves

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	teili

• • fan, tradit. woven with coconut leaves
  • • Artf

  Encyclopedic Info

  Fans are traditionally woven with coconut leaves. They are diamond-shaped, and have a handle at one end.

  • • Example 401:
      

      U-la teili u-bi ñ' eo.

      Just take a fan and fan yourself.

Related entries

• Heterosemes:
  • teili² the Fan: name of a constellation, whose stars seem to delineate a diamond-shaped fan with its handle
• See also:
  • ~bi² fan (s.o., s.th., ñe)
  • uie luro coconut leaves, used to weave (~vei) a variety of artifacts