kokono crush something (with a stone)

Part of Speech vt
    • crush something (with a stone)
      • unclassified
      • Example 1733:
        Kokono aniva komana ge kokono one, a vasu bona a govihoo, ei ve a govee.
        (When the ashes are finished, you get a stone for it.) Crush the charcoal itself or crush clay, this stone is a govihoo, it has a hole.
        Source: Sii 17W 033
      • Example 3596:
        Kokono kanaa to uhu.
        Crush me some dye (powder).
        Source: Nah 02R 031
      • Example 3597:
        Amaa ta aniva na taatagi riori ore paa kokono bari. Beori kokono vakavara bari ore paa vaatei bono sii hum vaanomo teo aniva vai to paa kokono vai vuru ori.
        They prepare some pieces of charcoal, then they crush them. After they have crushed them, they put a little oil to the charcoal that they have crushed before. (Then they paint the canoe.)
        Source: Sii 15W 162-163

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  • See also:
    • bun paint or decorate something or someone (with something)
    • takokono be crushed
    • kokono ki crush something for someone
    • kokono ni crush something with something