asita4 putty the knotholes in a canoe with a mash of putty nuts

Part of Speech vt
    • putty the knotholes in a canoe with a mash of putty nuts
      • boats & other means of transport
      • Example 379:
        Gono maa ta maa vua asita are asita o sinivi teara.
        Get some asita nuts to putty (the knotholes of) our canoe.
        Source:
        Ond 01W 008
      • Example 382:
        Aha maa amaa asita are asita amaa vahara tabusu.
        Grate the putty nut so that we can plaster the little holes (of the canoe).
        Source:
        SiiSen 03W 010
      • Example 383:
        Beo naono tei me nana bona maa panapanaa, ean repaa paku pete a kiu vaa tea asita.
        When the wood has knotholes, you have to do the work of plastering (the knotholes) with putty nut glue.
        Source:
        Mor 04E(Eno) 039

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