kapa vaa gina outer skin or bark

Part of Speech n3.constr
MWE Structure n - linker - adv
Morphology kapa vaa gina
Gloss covering LNK top
    • outer skin or bark
      • plants
      • 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
      • Example 2893:
        Ean he paa hovu vuru o kapa vaa gina, mean paa hovu kahi o meho kapa.
        When you have removed the outer covering (of the coconut), you remove the other (inner) shell.
        Source:
        Joy 17W 067

Related entries

  • See also:
    • gina up; above; on top / out to the sea / north (of)
    • hovu2 husk a coconut; remove the outer covering of a coconut