hihi remove or pull out the fibres (from a tree or from vines to make [...]

Part of Speech

vt

• • remove or pull out the fibres (from a tree or from vines to make a string)
  • • removal

  • • Example 2030:
      

      Hihi maa o sii baneo vai rau mena kave.

      Remove the fibres from the young breadfruit tree for the fishing net.

      Source: Eno 16W 036

    • Example 2031:
      

      Beara hihi vakavara e, eara repaa hupihupi e bono sui.

      When we have pulled out (the fibres), we comb them with the shell of the ark shellfish.

      Source: Eno 08W 008

    • Example 2032:
      

      Be raka, hihi a kara nae mene paku bona kanono.

      When it (the young breadfruit tree) is dry, pull off its fibres to make the string.

      Source: Naph 03W 025

Related entries

• See also:
  • kanono string (traditionally made of plant material)
  • baneo visoasi young breadfruit tree
  • hupihupi comb something with something
  • tahihi peel off by itself; be peeled off (the bark of a tree)