apao1 secondary bush, overgrown old garden that is not in use anymore

Part of Speech n2
    • secondary bush, overgrown old garden that is not in use anymore
      • agriculture
      • Example 268:
        o tovu vaa tea komana apao
        a sugar cane from an old abandoned garden
        Source: Val 01R 035
      • Example 269:
        Apao. O hum kasuana vai to kiu mohina roho ori. Eori repaa kaokahi bari bona maa sivao. Beo hum bona subui vahaa, na dao riori bona apao. Be apao a naono bara maamihu kaku rasuu repaa pura vahaa.
        Apao. A piece of land where they had made a garden. Then they had left it for months. When this place becomes overgrown with weeds again, they call it apao 'old garden'. When it becomes an overgrown garden, the trees and all kinds of bush grow again.
        Source: Joy 12W 054
      • Example 270:
        Enaa na rake nom ta maa sunaha tamuraa toro dee tavus kahi maa ara bona apao.
        I want some tamuraa plantain suckers that we must bring from the old garden.
        Source: Sii 15W 130

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  • See also:
    • mohina garden
    • subui2 be overgrown with weeds
    • goton tree that is normally associated with regrowth, grows to about 30 m height, seeds can be eaten