kosi² cut leaves

Part of Speech

vt

• • cut leaves
  • • cutting
    • plants

  • • Example 429:
      

      Tagava o atovo, kosi o atovo.

      Fell a sago palm, cut off the sago palm leaves.

      Source: Sii 17W 107

    • Example 616:
      

      Kosi maa o paka baneo vai o paka banata.

      Cut these mature breadfruit leaves.

      Source: Ond 01W 012

    • Example 3804:
      

      No kosi maa ta pate raon.

      Go and cut a bunch of raon leaves.

      Source: SiiSen 2013W 008

Related entries

• See also:
  • raon heliconia indica, plant similar to the banana
  • atovo¹ sago palm
  • kaakaru² scrape the skin off something.; scrape the thorns off a pandanus leaf
  • nuke (of leaves) snap off something, pick something
  • osi pick fruit, nuts or leaves; cut fruit off the tree
  • pesu¹ break off (a leaf); pick (fruit, nuts)
  • vaabanata wait for something to become mature