kara2 uproot; pull out of the ground

Part of Speech vt
    • uproot; pull out of the ground
      • agriculture
      • removal
      • Example 2215:
        Beve hooto, ean paa kara o matana.
        When it is ripe, you pull out the top. (i.e. of the ganogano)
        Source: Joy 19W 020
      • Example 2611:
        Beara kabuu, eara na kara rara o matana vai to neba roho ara.
        When we harvest it, we uproot the top of the taro root that we planted before.
        Source: Sii 41W 017
      • Example 2944:
        Beo ganogano manoto, eara repaa kara o matana.
        When the ganogano is ripe, we pull out its root top.
        Source: Aro Sha Joy 01W 017
      • Example 2945:
        Ahiki beori taatagi bona maa mohina, kara bata koa, eori repaa vateen vo tea maa camp teori.
        They did not tidy up the gardens, they just uprooted (crops) and then they brought them to their camps in backpacks.
        Source: Tav 01R 652-653

Related entries

  • See also:
    • ganogano Arrow Leaf Elephant Ear, a domesticated taro, tubers from the comb are eaten, root crop similar to taro that produces several long, oval tubers
    • manoto (of some crops) ripe, mature, ready to be harvested
    • karakara uproot many plants
    • takara be uprooted