kopaa cut something lengthwise; cut something open; cut something in [...]

• • cut something lengthwise; cut something open; cut something in half; cut something from top to bottom; cut open from head to tail
  • • cutting

  • • Example 2303:
      

      Kopaa maa o kururu are paku amaa tataraha mene huha atovo.

      Cut the kururu bamboo into long strips, so that we can make the bamboo-strips for sewing the sago palm thatch.

      Source: Eno 19W 012

    • Example 3727:
      

      Eara he toro kopaa e teo hum buaku.

      We must cut it into two pieces. (i.e. the stem of a palm)

      Source: Eno 04W 016

    • Example 3728:
      

      Murinae eara repaa pee kopaa e guu.

      After that we cut the pig open. (Then we start pulling out the inside of the pig.)

      Source: Eno 10E(Eno) 028

    • Example 3729:
      

      Mosi kopaa vai eve, busu ni bona maa tabaan to anan bata nae toa, ...

      He cut it (the chicken) open and threw the food that the chicken had been eating (and digesting) away, ...

      Source: Pau 01E(Joy) 015

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• See also:
  • mosi kopaa cut something into halves
  • potaa cut something open (e.g. chickens)
  • kopaa varuvarutaa cut something lengthwise into small pieces
  • mosi¹ cut something off / kill an animal with a knife or an axe
  • mosi kopaa ... teo buaku o hum cut in half
  • pee kopaa cut open by a longitudinal cut
  • pee kopaa ... teo buaku o hum cut in half
  • rahirahi kopaa striped from head to tail
  • siri kopaa tear something into strips
  • takopaa be cut open / split open (by itself)
  • ubana big leafy plant which grows in clusters and is used for wrapping food and covering the earth oven. Its white, young shoots are edible
  • uhu kopaa horizontal colouring of the hair