kahu kahi scrape something off something

Part of Speech vd.constr
MWE Structure vt - prep
Morphology kahu kahi
Gloss scrape.off from
    • scrape something off something
      • removal
      • Grammar Comment The primary object refers to the thing from which something is scraped off, the secondary object to the thing that is scraped off.
      • Example 2658:
        Eara na kahu kahi rara o naono bono kapa vaa gina.
        We scrape the outer bark off the tree.
        Source: Eno 16W 046

Related entries

  • See also:
    • kapa1 cover (of something); skin (of animals, root crops, etc., but not of humans); shell of turtles and shellfish; exoskeleton; bark of trees
    • kahi1 away from; from; leaving