koopu¹ kind of bamboo

• • kind of bamboo
  • • plants

  Scientific Name

  bambusa species

  • • Example 3715:
      

      O koopu na purapura nana komana rasuu.

      The koopu bamboo grows in the forest.

      Source: Aro Sha Joy 01W 066

    • Example 3716:
      

      Beara tau takitakinima a inu, eara toro nao roho rasuu tea mosi koopu teo hum vai to pura komana nae a koopu.

      When we are about to make the walls of a house, we must first go into the bush to cut bamboos at the place where the bamboos grow.

      Source: Aro Sha Joy 01W 067-068

    • Example 3717:
      

      Eara na mosi viviana bata koara a koopu vai to mahaka nana.

      We only cut selected bamboos that are dry. (lit. cut (by) selecting)

      Source: Aro Sha Joy 01W 069

    • Example 3718:
      

      A vuu koopu vai mee na vavunavuna vaberobero kurus nana.

      The bamboos of this cluster also grow closely together in large numbers.

      Source: Sii 38W 053

    • Example 3719:
      

      O manae paa nao vuru rasuu tea mosi koopu mene takinima bona inu te Gii.

      The boys went into the bush to cut bamboo for making the walls of Gii's house.

      Source: Eno 19W 008

    • Example 3720:
      

      Ei vaan to kahi paku pete raara o hum vaa tea kopakopaa a koopu.

      Here in the village we continue (our work) by cutting the bamboo poles into halves.

      Source: Eno 03W 018

Related entries

• See also:
  • apeo cook something in a bamboo container
  • takinima¹ wall made of split bamboos
  • kokoopu put something (e.g. food) inside a bamboo container
  • kopakopaa cut something into long strips; cut open with a longitudinal cut
  • mahamahan leave spaces
  • nava² bar (the section between two knots of bamboo or sugarcane) / knot of a bamboo
  • navanava bars
  • taboo¹ wall of a house