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

Part of Speech noun
Phonetic Form tokoli
    • 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.
    • 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