kobisi finger; toe

• • finger; toe
  • • body & health

  • • Example 3558:
      

      tabae na antee koa vonaen ei bean parata o buo kobisi, o kobisi beera ae o kobisi bebeahu,

      because it is only as wide as the span between your thumb and your middle finger (lit. because it only reaches like this when you open the two fingers, the big finger (i.e. the thumb) and the long finger (i.e. the middle finger)

      Source: Mor 04E(Eno) 015

    • Example 3559:
      

      Beve hooto, eove repaa vapepeana maa komano kasuana potee bona kobisi na aba.

      When it is mature, it grows tubers inside the ground that look like a person's finger. (i.e. the yam called viipana)

      Source: Joy 19W 171

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• See also:
  • kobisi kuri- finger
  • kobisi moo- toe
  • vaanee ni point with something somewhere; raise the hand or the finger