anoo kind of large oyster

Part of Speech n3
    • kind of large oyster
      • animals, shellfish
      • Scientific Name Bivalivia
      • Example 237:
        A anoo na tei me nana bono buaku o kapa. O kapa vaa toonuna na karikaripuu nana, o kapa vaabuaku na vaa paana maana. Bean aha nia anoo teo karimana, o kapa karikaripuu repaa tarudaha. O kapa vaa paana repaa raramun. Eve o kapa bona to huvi raara bona kaukau, muu, ganogano gea tabae to rake noman tea huvi.
        The oyster has two covers. The top cover is rough, and the second cover is underneath. When you rub the oyster against the coral stone, the rough cover gets off, while the cover underneath becomes smooth. This is the cover that we use for peeling sweet potatoes, taros, wild taros or whatever you want to peel.
        Source: Sii 45W(Joy) 002-008
      • Example 238:
        Bean tasu vamuramuraka a ohita komano kaaku, ean paa kasi tavus vahae bona anoo vai a raramun. Eve mee to kasi noman a ohita vai a muraka, ean paa havi batae bona toon na kehebe gea kiikiono.
        When you have beaten the galip nuts inside the mortar to mash, you dig them out again with the smooth oyster shell. It is also the one that you use to dig out the mashed galip nut, (and) then you smear it on the kehebe or the kiikiono (two dishes made of mashed galip nuts).
        Source: Sii 45W(Joy) 009-012

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  • See also:
    • karimana coral stone used as a tool for polishing things
    • aha ni rub something (against something)
    • huvi peel something
    • kapa1 cover (of something); skin (of animals, root crops, etc., but not of humans); shell of turtles and shellfish; exoskeleton; bark of trees
    • karekarepuu rough (not smooth)
    • karikaripuu rough (not smooth)
    • raramun very smooth