koro¹ cut out the inside of a canoe, a mortar, or the stem of a sago [...]

• • cut out the inside of a canoe, a mortar, or the stem of a sago palm; gouge out (a canoe)
  • • cutting
    • boats & other means of transport

  Comment

  The object of <koro> either refers to the thing that is carved, e.g. the canoe, the stem of the sago palm, or to the inside of the thing that is carved

  • • Example 2040:
      

      A koro na komano sinivi suuna na hihivaa vareko nana.

      Carving out the inside of the indigenous canoe is quite difficult.

      Source: Mor 04R 041-042

    • Example 2552:
      

      Na koro nana bona komano sinivi, na ius ni nana bona toraaraa,

      (He) carves the inside of the canoe out, (he) uses the axe,

      Source: Mor 04R 033-034

    • Example 3771:
      

      mepaa no suguna teo hum to koro riori bono sinivi

      ...and arrived at the place where they were carving out the canoe.

      Source: Aro 02E(Eno) 092

    • Example 3772:
      

      A abana saka tagava pinopino haari bono atovo vai to pasi koro riori mene ani.

      The people do not carelessly fell the sago palm that they will carve out for getting the sago. (lit. for eating)

      Source: Sii Joy 03W 043

    • Example 3773:
      

      Be poana vakavara bona, eove repaa koro bona bona toraaraa ae a rom.

      When he has sliced off the upper part of the log, he carves the inside with an axe and a hoe.

      Source: Mor 04E(Eno) 011

    • Example 3774:
      

      Tea koro bona komana kaaku na kasi riori bona sipirin na kaara.

      For cutting out the inside of the mortar they use the spring of a car. (lit. they dig in the spring of a car).

      Source: Joy 03W 004

Related entries

• See also:
  • naba koro sinivi team of canoe carvers
  • poana slice off the upper part of a log when carving a canoe; cut off slices of wood from the log when carving the bow of a canoe
  • rom³ hoe for chopping wood
  • koro² tool used for cutting out the inside of a canoe or a mortar
  • toraaraa axe