kara urisi strap made of a wild banana sheath

Part of Speech n3.constr
MWE Structure n - n
Morphology kara urisi
Gloss string wild.banana.sheath
    • strap made of a wild banana sheath
      • tools & weapons
      • Example 752:
        Beara tau paku o paranda, eara toro ipinoo roho a bebeahu ae a tatabonata na inu bono kara urisi.
        When we are about to make the floor, we must measure the length and the width of the house with a banana sheath strap.
        Source: Eno 04W 007
      • Example 1806:
        Me subuava paa kisi ni bona peha punete no kara urisi tea maa hae naono.
        And the old woman tied one end of the banana sheath strap to the bundles of firewood.
        Source: Aro 07E(Eno) 065
      • Example 2997:
        O kara urisi eve to vateen ni raara.
        The banana sheath strap we use for the backpack.
        Source: Sii 24W 090
      • Example 2998:
        O kara urisi vaa tea vateen tenaa paa takurusu mau hanana, menaa paa vakisi vaha nie.
        The banana sheath strap of my backpack broke on the road, and I tied it together again.
        Source: Joy 15W 017-018

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  • See also:
    • kisi ni tie something to something else
    • vateen2 put on a backpack; carry a backpack; carry in a backpack
    • vateen ni use something for strapping up the backpack
    • kakapa lift and remove something (habitually), e.g. pull the sheath off the wild banana