hiban ni use something instead of something else for doing something

• • use something instead of something else for doing something
  • • unclassified

  • • Example 2024:
      

      A suvin to hiban belo ni araara en Teop.

      The conch shell is what we use instead of a bell in Teop (as a tool to attract the people's attention)

      Source: Sii 18W 199

    • Example 2025:
      

      - abana vaari to kiikiu hiki roho ta maa hum goroho teori, meori paa hiban inu goroho enei bona hostel.

      - the people who worked (in town) but had no accommodation, they used dormitories here in the hostel.

      Source: Sii 03R 241-243

    • Example 2026:
      

      O are bona to hiban gaga ruene ni nana a moon vai to hio maurata nana.

      This betel nut is drunk instead of water by the girl who goes through the maurata ritual.

      Source: SiiSen 03W 034

    • Example 2027:
      

      Be hiki ta moonii are pau hiban von nio kuriri.

      If there is no money, let's pay with shell money instead.