manoto (of some crops) ripe, mature, ready to be harvested

Part of Speech vi
    • (of some crops) ripe, mature, ready to be harvested
      • agriculture
      • plants
      • Example 623:
        O baneo vai o visoasi, o baneo vai o kare pura, to mei nana tea manoto.
        A young breadfruit tree is a breadfruit tree that has only recently started growing, that is not yet mature.
        Source:
        Sii Tav 01E(Joy) 001
      • Example 3567:
        O vehu roge vai o kobus na tahihi vakahu nana. O peana vai o pea manoto ahiki.
        A fresh hibiscus branch can quickly be peeled. But a mature branch cannot.
        Source:
        Joy 18W 004-005
      • Example 3947:
        Bea overe manoto maa gina teo overe, ore paa kuu gunaha vo maa teo kasuana.
        When the coconut has become ripe high up on the coconut palm, it falls down here to the ground.
        Source:
        Joy 17W 047
      • Example 4136:
        Kasi to hiihii vai to manoto vamataa.
        Dig some ginger that is really mature.
        Source:
        Vae 01R 288-289
      • Example 4137:
        Evehee eara toro kasi a vuu tapeako vai a vuu manoto. Goe ta kasi a vuu tapeako vai a vuu kobusu.
        But we must dig out a cluster of ripe manioc, Do not dig out a cluster of unripe maniocs.
        Source:
        Jan 04W 005-006

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  • See also:
    • asiasi manoto burn for a long time
    • kobusu (of nuts and fruit) not ripe and therefore watery inside / (of wood, bamboo) young and moist; fresh
    • asi manoto burn for a long time
    • kan manoto headmen, chiefs, elders, mature and wise men or women
    • kara2 uproot; pull out of the ground
    • maami sweet yam