kavuraa1 copra

Part of Speech n2
Variant Form(s) kaura
    • copra
      • agriculture
      • Example 2877:
        Bea kavuraa tean mahaka, ean repaa kapa kahi ee bono tope.
        When your copra is dry, you remove it from the shells.
        Source: Joy 17W 169-170
      • Example 3220:
        Beara tau paku a kavuraa, taba momohu toro paku raara, eara toro rapisi roho a garasi vaa komana overe.
        When we are about to make copra, the first thing we must do, we must cut the grass inside the coconut plantation.
        Source: Joy 17W 150-152
      • Example 3221:
        O tope na vaanoto suraa ni riori tea vaamahaka kavuraa.
        The hard coconut shells are used for lighting the fire to dry the copra.
        Source: Joy 17W 089
      • Example 3222:
        A kiu momohu teara, eara na unuunu rara a overe vai a mahaka mene kavuraa. A vaabuaku a kiu a hovu. A vaakukan a kiu a booboha. A vaadorana a kiu a deedee vo tea inu sibono overe.
        Our first work is to collect the dry coconuts for making copra. The second work is the husking. The third wotk is breaking the nuts into halves. The fourth work is carrying (the coconuts) to the house for roasting coconuts,
        Source: Sii 16W 014-017

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