ibu string on which small things like sea-sausages, little fish, or [...]

Part of Speech	n3
Morphology	ibu
Gloss	string

• • string on which small things like sea-sausages, little fish, or shellfish are threaded
  • • groups & collections

  Comment

  Only used as the first part of a compound.

  • • Example 2409:
      

      ... enaa he tara o ibu koinia."

      ... when I saw the string of convict surgeonfish

      Source: Eno 16W 050

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• See also:
  • ibu overe cluster of coconuts
  • ibun² string or thin stick onto which something is thread
  • ibun iana fish thread
  • ibuu string; cluster