kokoraa bare; empty

• • bare; empty
  • • unclassified

  • • Example 97:
      

      Ahiki kurus to naono vai to sun kokoraa nana teo kasuana.

      (When we look at all the trees, we see that all the trees have their roots.) Indeed, there isn´t any tree that stands without (roots) on the ground.

      Source: Sii 17W 057

    • Example 1247:
      

      ... a meha otei na vakakao maa me tasu ni bona daram a kokoraa tahii.

      (Whilst we were boarding again,) a man ran towards us (lit. hither) and threw an empty (oil) drum into the sea.

      Source: Pur 02R(Pur) 072

    • Example 1331:
      

      Beara haraa voen a kanono paa gunaha vaanteu, eara repaa tasukihi nio paka pihae, a vasu repaa dovo gunaha, beara rahi hiava kokoraa vaha koa a iri.

      When we feel that the line has gone down far enough, we shake and tear the coconut frond leaf so that the stone goes down, while we just pull the empty hook up.

      Source: Eno 16W 141

    • Example 3615:
      

      Evehee a bero amaa vuri a iri kokoraa koa.

      But many times it is only a bare hook.

      Source: Eno 11W 049

    • Example 3616:
      

      ... ahiki ta taba an. O sinoo iana bara amaa vasu kokoraa.

      ... there was not any food. (Only) the fish bones and the bare stones.

      Source: Nan 03R 027-028

Related entries

• See also:
  • iri fishhook
  • vasu stone
  • ahiki kurusu not at all; indeed, there is not; it isn't at all the case
  • daram drum
  • kao kokoraa be naked / empty-handed
  • kapa kokoraa empty skin (of a fruit) or shell (of a nut)
  • sun kokoraa stand without support by itself