kahu2 pulp made from tree bark

Part of Speech n2
    • pulp made from tree bark
      • plants
      • food & drink
      • Example 2655:
        Kahu a kahu tabu, are paa gagae.
        Scrape off the pulp of the rosewood tree, so that we can drink it.
        Source: Ond 04R 020-021
      • Example 2656:
        A kahu naono, na kahu riori.
        The pulp of the bark of a tree, they scraped off..
        Source: Vos 03R(Vos) 019
      • Example 2657:
        A beiko repaa ani bata me na bono kahu naono bona vue.
        The child would eat it (taro) with this particular pulp of the tree.
        Source: Vos 03R(Vos) 045

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  • See also:
    • kahu1 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
    • tabu Papua New Guinea rosewood tree
    • vaagaga give somebody a drink; make somebody drink