ibuu string; cluster

Part of Speech n3
    • string; cluster
      • groups & collections
      • comment <ibuu> is only used as the head of compounds
      • Example 2428:
        o ibuu koinia tean
        your string of Convict Surgeonfish
        Source:
        Sii 43W 141
      • Example 2429:
        Beara osi o ibuu magura, ore paa takotakopaa ei be kuu vo teo kasuana.
        When we cut a cluster of young coconuts, they split open when they fall onto the ground.
        Source:
        Sii 40W 056
      • Example 2430:
        O ibuu overe vai o kobusu vakis.
        A cluster of coconuts that are still watery inside.
        Source:
        Eno 2012W 001

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  • See also:
    • ibu string on which small things like sea-sausages, little fish, or shellfish are threaded
    • ibu magura cluster of young coconuts
    • ibu overe cluster of coconuts
    • ibun1 put or thread something onto a string or thin stick
    • ibun2 string or thin stick onto which something is thread