keu pluck (feathers) / pluck (a bird)

Part of Speech vt
    • pluck (feathers)
      • removal
      • Example 3202:
        Eara na antee rara tea keu a paka kavovo, are paa pakue bona maa siisiri teara mene popoto vaa teo piuvu.
        We can pluck cockatoo feathers, and then make our feather-headdresses from them to wear on our head in the piuvu dance.
        Source: Sii 2008W 056
    • pluck (a bird)
      • food & drink
      • Example 3318:
        menam repaa keu e toa.
        and we pluck the chicken
        Source: Hel 13RG 018
      • Example 3319:
        A otei bara bua beiko keu vai bene toa.
        The man and his two children are now plucking the chicken.
        Source: Joy 11W 011
      • Example 3320:
        Keu vamatamataa rakaha vai bene toa, amaa tom tamana vai, meori paa vaatahavi vamataa kurus bene toa.
        Having now plucked the rooster very well, the father and his children, they cleaned the rooster very well.
        Source: Pau 01R 015-017

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