ibun² string or thin stick onto which something is thread

Part of Speech

n3

• • string or thin stick onto which something is thread
  • • tools & weapons

  • • Example 2421:
      

      Meori vagana meori vagana, amaa sii ibun teori hapusu vai.

      And they fished and they fished and their threads were full (of fish) now."

      Source: Aro 05R 025

    • Example 2422:
      

      Mea bua tom keara paa gono bono buo tahitahi ae kara ibun teori.

      The two brothers took their spears and their strings (to thread the fish onto).

      Source: Skae 03W 042-044

Related entries

• See also:
  • ibu string on which small things like sea-sausages, little fish, or shellfish are threaded
  • ibun iana fish thread
  • ibun kehaa thread shells on a string
  • ibu overe cluster of coconuts
  • ibuu string; cluster
  • kara ibun fish string