atovo¹ sago palm

• • sago palm
  • • plants

  Scientific Name

  metroxylon bougainvillense

  • • Example 428:
      

      O atovo eve o naono o nebaneba bara o naono vai to pura pinopino batana.

      The sago palm is a planted tree and a tree that is growing everywhere without care.

      Source: Sii 17W 104

    • Example 429:
      

      Tagava o atovo, kosi o atovo.

      Fell a sago palm, cut off the sago palm leaves.

      Source: Sii 17W 107

    • Example 430:
      

      O atovo eve o meho taba to pakupaku inu ni raara en Teapu.

      The sago palm thatch is another thing that we use to build houses here in the Teop region.

      Source: Eno 02W 001

    • Example 431:
      

      Beara suguna teo hum to tei nae a atovo, eara toro viana vamataa o vuaba vai o manoto vamataa, bara to vapepeana vamataa nana me.

      When we reach the place where the sago palms are, we must carefully choose one that is really ripe and also has many branches.

      Source: Eno 02W 003

    • Example 432:
      

      O naono atovo na hee araraara bona buaku a tabaan a mataa, o moogoo bara o momoveresun na tavus rori teo naono atovo.

      The sago palm gives us two kinds of good food, the sago palm grub and the momoveresun mushroom come out of the sago palm.

      Source: Sii 33W 094-095

Related entries

• See also:
  • kosi² cut leaves
  • tagava¹ fell a tree; clear of trees
  • gosi atovo sprouting leaf of the sago palm
  • inu atovo house made of sago palm leaves
  • momoveresun kind of mushroom
  • siri atovo tear off the midribs of sago palm leaves
  • ta atovo sheet of sago palm thatch
  • vapepeana¹ grow many branches or tubers
  • vigu inu ni use something for house building
  • vua vataneo start bearing fruit