kapokapoo battens nailed onto bamboo

Part of Speech n3
Morphology kapo-kapoo
Gloss RED-batten.nailed.onto.bamboo
    • battens nailed onto bamboo
      • house
      • Example 2923:
        O rom no are mene tataraha ge kapokapoo.
        The trunk of the betel nut palm is used as tataraha (sticks on which sago palm leaves are sewn for the thatch of a house) or timbers nailed onto bamboo walls.
        Source:
        Sii 17W 087

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  • See also:
    • takinima1 wall made of split bamboos
    • kapoo batten; a long strip of wood that, for example, is fixed to hold the bamboo wall to hold it firm