kepo1 carve something (e.g. a canoe); chop a tree (for firewood)

Part of Speech vt
    • carve something (e.g. a canoe); chop a tree (for firewood)
      • cutting
      • Example 3282:
        A abana na naonao roho tea kepo sinivi.
        The men had gone to carve a canoe.
        Source: Aro 08R 002
      • Example 3283:
        Erau meori paa taneo tea paku bono sinivi. Tagava bono naono sinivi komana, meori paa taneo tea kepo bari.
        And so, they started to make a canoe. They felled a sinivi tree, and they started to carve it.
        Source: San 02E(Eno) 017-018
      • Example 3284:
        O rom overe na romrom vakakato riori, eori repaa kepo bari mene vaanoto suraa vaa tea taotao ae tea nahunahu kaukau gea tabae to rake riori tea nahu.
        The stem of the coconut palm is sliced into short pieces, then they chop it in order to light the fire for cooking in the earth oven or cooking sweet potatoes in pots or whatever they want to cook.
        Source: Joy 17W 179-180

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