kovuaka the top thatch sheet that is placed on the upper ridge pole

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    • the top thatch sheet that is placed on the upper ridge pole
      • house
      • Example 3835:
        O kovuaka eve to vatotomo nana bona a bua vaave vaa tea bua papa na inu.
        The top thatch sheet joins the two roofings on the two sides of the house together.
        Source: Eno 07W 001
      • Example 3836:
        Eara repaa vaobete mana nao o kovuaka toon no vatetekoio, ei to paa pam taono vuru ara bona maa varuvaru.
        Then we eventually put the top thatch sheet onto the upper ridge pole, that we had already tied on top of the rafters (i.e. where the rafters meet and stuck together)
        Source: Eno 06W 049-050
      • Example 3837:
        A iravata na hoa maa tea bon mepaa hoa vatakapa bono kovuaka na inu tere Tokoo.
        The wind blew in the night, and it blew off the top thatch sheet of the house of Tokoo and his people.
        Source: Jan 01W 107-108