telemoe walls of a house (moe ~ mwoe), tradit. made [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	telemoe
Variant Form(s)	telemwoe
Morphology	Cf. moe ‘house’

• • walls of a house (moe ~ mwoe), tradit. made of plaited bamboo or large leaves
  • • Archi

  • • Example 1983:
      

      Li-panade okoro awoiu li-si telemwoe peini mwoe.

      You split the bamboos, and then you make the wallings of your house.

    • Example 2387:
      

      bali peini telemoe

      pole lying at the base of a house walling, plinth

Related entries

• See also:
  • moe house: tradit. wooden construction with bamboo wallings and sago thatch / structure or place analogous to a house, in its shape or its function