kahu¹ scrape something off, for example the bark of the breadfruit [...]

• • scrape something off, for example the bark of the breadfruit tree or of vines to pull out the fibres below the bark and use them to make the strings for a fishing net; carve
  • • removal

  • • 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

    • Example 2653:
      

      Mosi a vahara baneo, kahu a kapa nae, vaatei tea roava ore raka.

      Cut young bredfruit trees, scrape off the skin, put it into the sun to dry.

      Source: Naph 03W 024

    • Example 2654:
      

      Kurukurusu kara kave vakavara maa rasuu, meori paa dee voosu maa bari, meori paa ma kahu bari.

      Having cut kave vines in the bush, they carried them home, and they came (and) scraped them.

      Source: Sii 06E(Joy) 048-050

Related entries

• See also:
  • baneo visoasi young breadfruit tree
  • kara kave vine used for making fishing nets
  • kahu² pulp made from tree bark
  • kahukahu shear
  • karem scrape something so that it gets a sharp end (typically a piece of wood)
  • vaagaga give somebody a drink; make somebody drink
  • vamatatopo³ in preparation