karem scrape something so that it gets a sharp end (typically a piece [...]

• • scrape something so that it gets a sharp end (typically a piece of wood)
  • • cutting

  • • Example 47:
      

      Nomana a pusu hiovu na paku riori bona maa hum aeana vai a bebeahu. Na karem vakakaniva riori bona maa soo aeana.

      Today the (coconut) husker is made from a long piece of iron. It is sharpened with an iron saw.

      Source: Joy 17W 064

    • Example 3064:
      

      Be mahaka, ean repaa nana manae. Matatopo vai tea karem anie, ean re vaatei amaa sikiri. Be kavara ean repaa vahoa nie tahii tea tahitahi.

      When it (the koverau bamboo) is dry, you eventually warm it over the fire. Now you have prepared it for scraping (its bottom), and then you put the spikes on it. When (it is) finished, you use it for the first time in the sea for spearing fish.

      Source: Sii 26W 027-030

    • Example 3065:
      

      Eara repaa karem vakakaniva a peha papana.

      Then we sharpen one side. (i.e. a piece of mangrove wood used for husking coconuts)

      Source: Joy 17W 055

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• See also:
  • kahu¹ scrape something off, for example the bark of the breadfruit tree or of vines to pull out the fibres below the bark and use them to make the strings for a fishing net; carve
  • makaree fishing spear made of koverau-bamboo
  • vakakaniva sharpen something