teviumu prow

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	teviumu
Morphology	tevie ‘side’ + ~iumu ‘come first’

• • prow

  (Part of) Antonym (for)

  teviri

  • • Example 1286:
      

      Kula pe li-vio ne teviri li-ioi; ka kula i-vio i-katei ne teviumu.

      Those who are standing by the stern, they will push; the others stand at the prow, and pull.

      Example Comment

      dragging a canoe on land

Related entries

• 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