bonaa basket made from the mid ribs of coconut palm leaves, it is [...]

Part of Speech n2
    • basket made from the mid ribs of coconut palm leaves, it is fastened by a string bound around the body and used by women for fishing
      • containers
      • Example 1033:
        Beara tau nao tea vagana iobo, eara toro dee o pusu hiovu, a sinaka ae a bonaa, eara re nao tea masi. A bonaa he na vabibiinoo ni raara raparaara.
        When we are about to go fishing for sea-sausages, we must take a catching stick, a peg and a fishing basket, then we go to the reef. The fishing basket we carry on our side.
        Source: Hel 07E(Sha) 004-005
      • Example 1034:
        A bonaa me na kavara, e Piutevi to vin bona. E sine Dorcas to vin bona.
        The fishing basket, too, was finished, it was Putevi who had plaited it. Dorcas' mother had plaited it.
        Source: Iar 01R 634

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