kopihoo1 kind of tree used for making the float of an outrigger canoe

Part of Speech n3
    • kind of tree used for making the float of an outrigger canoe
      • plants
      • Example 50:
        O naono vai o kopihoo na paku riori bono aga no sinivi.
        The kopihoo tree is used for making the float of the canoe.
        Source: Sii 17W 218
      • Example 3738:
        A abana na mosi maari bono kopihoo vai o totobin, ore paa hihi maa bari rasuu, ore paa dee tavus vo hanana. Vaasun vai ori, ore paa raka. Be raka, ore paa dee voosu maa bari, ore paa ma taraha bona ihu no kopihoo. Ore paa taraha bona meha papana. Be kavara, ore paa asi ni bono buo ihu aga ore tara vamataa. Bea abana pam vakavara bono sinivi ore paa tapa ni bono aga teo sinivi.
        The men cut a straight kopihoo tree, then they remove its bark in the bush and carry it out of the bush to the trail. They stand it up there to dry. When it is dry, they carry it home. and carve the nose of the kopihoo. Then they carve the other side. After that, they burn the two noses of the float to look beautiful. When the men have lashed the vanai to the canoe, they fix the float with pegs to (the vanai (outrigger beams) of) the canoe.
        Source: Sii 17W 218-225
      • Example 3739:
        O buo naono vai to tapa aga ni raara ei o kopihoo bara o roge.
        The two trees that we build floats from are the kopihoo tree and the Coastal Hibiscus.
        Source: Sii 17W 226

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  • See also:
    • aga outrigger; float of the outrigger of a canoe
    • tapa aga ni use something to build floaters; build the float of an outrigger canoe from something