hiovu (stick for) husking coconuts; (stick for) catching sea-sausages

• • (stick for) husking coconuts; (stick for) catching sea-sausages
  • • tools & weapons

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  <hiovu> only occurs as the second part of the compounds <hum hiovu>, <pusu hiovu> and <ta hiovu>.

  • • Example 1545:
      

      A hovu ei beara huu nio pusu hiovu komano kasuana to tei nae o iobo, eara repaa gegu tavus mae.

      Digging out sea-sausages means that we stick the digging stick into the ground where the sea-sausage stays. And then we pull it out.

      Source:

      Eno 16W 038

    • Example 2123:
      

      Enaa sa hovuhovu haa ni nom o pusu hiovu.

      I am not used to husking (coconuts) with a husker.

      Source:

      Aro 04E(Eno) 037

    • Example 2124:
      

      Murinae eara repaa kahu ee bona maa hum hiovu mene hovu iobo ge hovu overe.

      Then we carve the sticks for catching sea-sausages or husking coconuts from it. (i.e. the palm called miimiana)

      Source:

      Sii 39W 043

Related entries

• See also:
  • hovu¹ dig out sea-sausages; dig into the sand with a stick
  • hovu² husk a coconut; remove the outer covering of a coconut
  • pusu hiovu² husker; husking stick
  • ta hiovu² stick for husking coconuts