eibi kind of hardwood tree which grows in swampy areas and in the [...]
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- kind of hardwood tree which grows in swampy areas and in the mountains, used as timber for building houses
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- plants
- house
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Example 1367:
Source: Sii 17W 185-187O eibi o totobin kurus. Na mataa komana nana tea paku inu. Are goe tea tagava pinopino a naono teara vai to paku inu ni raara.The eibi-tree is very straight. It is good for making a house. We must not carelessly fell our trees that we use for house building. -
Example 1368:
Source: Sii 17W 188-190O eibi bara o toraha ae taoana bara maa meha naono vai to paku inu bata ni raara. Are kiikira vamataa a rasuu teara. Are goe ta mosi pinopino e.Eibi, toraha and taoana, and other trees that we use for house building. Let us take good care of our jungle. We must not carelessly cut it down. -
Example 1369:
Source: Sii 17W 180-181Ere Philip bara naba soo teve na soo maa bono eibi vai to sunsun nana tea hatana, evehee kuu mepaa ona vavuhu ni teo butoo.Philip and his sawing group sawed the eibi tree that was standing in the swamp, but it fell down and sank into the mud. -
Example 1370:
Source: Sii 17W 180O eibi bona mene paku bona inu tere Tetevi.That eibi was for building Tetevi's house.
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