benesin petrol

Part of Speech n2
    • petrol
      • substances
      • Comment <benesin> is a German loanword; the German word is Benzin.
      • Example 879:
        O sunuu pihae. Ei o kaku sunuu to pakupaku momohu rohori. Nomana na paku riori bono raama benesin. O sunuu pihae na kavara, o sunuu raama benesin koa to tei vai nomana.
        The fishing with torches made of coconut fronds. This is a kind of torch fishing that they practiced before, today they do it with a Coleman lamp. The torch fishing with torches made of coconut fronds is finished, only the fishing with Coleman lamps exists today.
        Source: Sii 26W 053-054

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