tokoli raised wooden platform: elevated passage, bridge / raised floor [...]

Part of Speech	noun
Phonetic Form	tokoli

1. • raised wooden platform: elevated passage, bridge

   • • Example 607:
       

       Tokoli i-dobuo pe tebo, ka i-mu tamwase.

       The bridge is wet due to the rain, it's very slippery.

2. • raised floor platform in a stilt house
   • • Archi

   Sense Comment	esp
   Encyclopedic Info	The platform supports a floor of wooden slats (tapaia buioe).

   • • Example 1291:
       

       iutego kuledi peini tokoli

       shorter stilts for the floor structure

     • Example 2153:
       

       pwa tokoli

       empty space under a house

     • Example 2488:
       

       wavilo / watogobe peini tokoli

       tie-beams supporting the floor structure

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