kavovo² feathers of a cockatoo

• • feathers of a cockatoo
  • • animals, birds

  • • Example 3206:
      

      mepaa vaahana ki bona bono buo kara kuriri mepaa vaatei bona pago tea bua kurinae mepaa gono bona kavovo mepaa huu ni bona vunuunae.

      and (she) decorated her with two strings of shell money, put a bracelet on each of her (upper) arms, got cockatoo feathers and stuck (them) into her hair.

      Source: Nah 02E(Eno) 029

    • Example 3207:
      

      A kavovo te Tokoo to vaverevere maana tobina o piuvu.

      Tokoo's cockatoo feathers are swaying in the middle of the dance.

      Source: SaoSen 01W 052

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• See also:
  • paka³ feather
  • vunuu (of humans and pigs) hair; (of sheep) wool; (of birds) plumage, feathers / fibres of the coconut husk