tetaula anchor

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	tetaula
Proto-Form	Vaeakau-Taumako: te taura

• • anchor

  Typical Subject	ship
  Encyclopedic Info	The anchor is attached to a rope or chain (iula). The term iula can also refer, metonymically, to the anchor itself.

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• See also:
  • kuo canoe, esp. traditional canoe made of a single trunk, with no outrigger / boat, ship, from other cultures / “canoe tree”: k.o. tree (unidentified), traditionally chosen for making canoes – hence its name