Goeve giant creature of Teop legend which is half man and half monster [...]

Part of Speech

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1. • giant creature of Teop legend which is half man and half monster
   • • persons

   • • Example 1633:
       

       E Goeve na tavutavusu koa maana tea boni.

       The Goeve only appears in the night.

       Source:

       fieldnotes 019

2. • figure made of wood and the dreadlocks cut from the heads of past upee boys, symbolising a demon and used in the "obara" part of the upee ceremony
   • • culture

   • • Example 1634:
       

       A taba to dadao nom nam bene Goeve na paku riori bona ta naono.

       The thing that we call "Goeve", they make it from a piece of wood.

       Source:

       San 03R 091

Related entries

• See also:
  • obara part of the boys' initiation ceremony
  • upee² boy going through the initiation rites and wearing the upee hat