kanono string (traditionally made of plant material)

Part of Speech n2
    • string (traditionally made of plant material)
      • tools & weapons
      • Example 306:
        A aranavi na rahirahi riori bona kanono bara na kana riori bona kave.
        The aranavi snapper is caught with a string and caught with a net.
        Source: Jub 02W 001
      • Example 2299:
        Beori vinugu vakavara bona kanono, eori repaa taneo tea huha bona kave goroto.
        After they finished twisting the rope, they will start to tie the turtle net.
        Source: Sii Joy 05W 025-026
      • Example 2800:
        O kara kave to paku riori bona kanono.
        The kave vine is used to make strings.
        Source: Sii 06E(Joy) 047
      • Example 2801:
        Eara na antee rara tea paku kanono nio vunuu vai komano pesupaava. A kanono bona a kikis kurus.
        We can make strings from the fibres inside the husk. This string is very strong.
        Source: Sii 16W 059-060

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  • See also:
    • roveana1 string made from the fibres, used for seaming fishing nets; seam
    • sitiring plastic string
    • vinugu twist a string
    • booru lead (metal)
    • dee gunaha carry something down; get something down
    • hihi remove or pull out the fibres (from a tree or from vines to make a string)
    • huha1 tie a fishing net by using strings that are made of the fibres of young bredfruit trees or of kave-vines.
    • hupihupi comb something with something
    • kanokanono strings
    • kisi ni tie something to something else
    • vabunobuno ni move something to and fro
    • vavaaiku2 fishing in the deep sea with a fishing line dragged along as the fisherman is paddling the canoe
    • viru ni twist a string around something