govuhu crown of a tree; upper end

• • crown of a tree; upper end
  • • plants

  • • Example 1734:
      

      Tagava bona, ore paa rom kurus bona govuhu no naono,

      Having cut it down, he cuts off the crown of the tree, ... (to make a canoe)

      Source: Mor 04R 015-016

    • Example 1735:
      

      Be tagava bona, eove repaa rom kurus bona govuhu no naono, ...

      When he has felled it, he cuts the crown of the tree off, ... (to make a canoe)

      Source: Mor 04E(Eno) 008

    • Example 1736:
      

      Me teebona ore paa nao. Mosi bono naono, kurus rom vai maori, mosi vaavaha vai nao bono govuhu,

      And there they would go then. (They) cut the tree, they cut it now into halves, they cut off the crown (to make a canoe)

      Source: Tah 02R 014-018

    • Example 1737:
      

      A govuhu no karirava.

      The upper end of the banana leaf

      Source: SiiSen 01W 057

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• See also:
  • rom kurusu cut something off from a long thing by a cross-cut
  • tagava¹ fell a tree; clear of trees
  • poana slice off the upper part of a log when carving a canoe; cut off slices of wood from the log when carving the bow of a canoe