telau ‘food basket’: a basket hanging in the kitchen, keeping food

Part of Speech noun
Phonetic Form telau
Tanema Equivalent telaka
Lovono Equivalent telaka
    • ‘food basket’: a basket hanging in the kitchen, keeping food
      • Artf
    • Infobox Food basket: “The ’food basket telau’ is a basket woven with coconut leaves. It is put to hang in the men's club, keeping food for the young men.”
      Infobox (Teanu) telau: Telau, topola iote pe li-vei ñe uie luro. Li-la i-avo ne toplau, peini none we dapa gete.
      • Example 271:
        Telau i-avo boso iawo.
        The food basket is hanging above the fire.

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  • See also:
    • uie luro coconut leaves, used to weave (~vei) a variety of artifacts