kaaku mortar used for pounding cooked tapioca, taro and bananas

Part of Speech n3
    • mortar used for pounding cooked tapioca, taro and bananas
      • food & drink
      • tools & weapons
      • Example 816:
        Bea komano kaaku beera vaantee voen to manini vo riori, eori repaa taraha vaneneesi bona toon no kaaku ae a matano kaaku.
        When the inside of the mortar is as big as they want it, they diligently carve the outside of the mortar (lit. When the inside of the mortar is sufficiently big like that what they want (it to be) like, they diligently carve the back and the front).
        Source: Joy 03W 007-008
      • Example 2590:
        Kaaku. Taba momohu to paku riori, na mosi maari bono rom marimari, a bebeahu nae na antee nana bona peha ato.
        Mortar. The first thing they do is to cut the stem of a marimari tree, whose length is about one yard.
        Source: Joy 03W 001-002
      • Example 2591:
        Eori repaa taneo tea kasi bona komano kaakuu.
        Then they start hollowing out the inside of the mortar.
        Source: Joy 03W 003
      • Example 2592:
        Eara gono vai maa o kaaku ae o tatasu nae. Tapa nio kaaku teo kasuana.
        Then we get the mortar and its pestle. Stick the mortar into the ground.
        Source: Jan 04W 058-059
      • Example 2593:
        Ei eara vaon vai a tapeako komano kaaku, tasu vaamuramuraka vai ara.
        Now we load the manioc into the mortar and beat it soft.
        Source: Jan 04W 061-062

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