kakapihi small tongs used to remove hot stones from the earth oven

Part of Speech n3
    • small tongs used to remove hot stones from the earth oven
      • fire
      • Example 356:
        Be asi kaku komana are paa kaporo eve bono kakapihi, o vasu vai o hihivaa.
        When the fire is burning hot, we remove them with a pair of tongs, the hot stones.
        Source: Hel 01RG 044-047
      • Example 2678:
        O rutaa no meho kaporo na dao nom nam bono kakapihi.
        The smallest of the other (type of) tongs is called kakapihi.
        Source: SiiSen 03W 073
      • Example 2679:
        Are paa gono o kakapihi, are paa vavereverete bata ni rae komano suraa.
        We get the tongs, and then we use them for turning over (the bananas) inside the fire.
        Source: Hel 04R 013-014

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  • See also:
    • kaporo1 tongs used for removing the hot stones of the earth oven
    • rutaa2 the smallest of a certain kind of things
    • asi kaku burn hot
    • kaporo3 remove something with tongs