maraasita Cascading Maniltoa; Cascading Bean

Part of Speech n3
    • Cascading Maniltoa; Cascading Bean
      • plants
      • Example 4162:
        Maraasita. O naono vai na vurahe raara tea maa veava vaa rapana tahii. Na pura hiava antee nana bona 15 metre. O naono bona mee o kikis.
        Cascading Maniltoa. This tree is found in the uncleared jungles near the sea. It grows to 15 metres tall. This tree is also strong.
        Source:
        Joy 19W 073-076
      • Example 4163:
        O maraasita o naono o bebeera bara o naono ubiubi teara. O naono bona na ubi raara a peanae mene vahogis nahu teara. Eara repaa kepo mana o rom mene taotao guu teara ge mene sibono iana teara teo vuri vai to paku raara amaa boni bebeera teara, boni vahio, boni vahuhu, gee boni vaasipoana teara.
        The maraasita is a very big tree and a firewood tree for us. This tree, we chop its branches for kindling the fire for our cooking. Then we cut up its trunk for baking pigs in our earth oven or for roasting fish on the grill. When we have our big days, wedding days, birthdays, or our child blessing day.
        Source:
        Sii 17W 246-248
      • Example 4164:
        O maraasita na asi vakikis potee nana bono taoana. A asi teo buo naono vai na vaapeha rori. Na asi vakikis kurus rori.
        The maraasita also bears nuts but its nuts are not big. The nuts of the asita tree are bigger than those of the maraasita.
        Source:
        Sii 17W 250-251
      • Example 4165:
        O maraasita mee na vuavua nana, evehee o vua nae saka bebeera haana. O vua asita na beera oha nana bono vua maraasita.
        The marasita burns as strongly as the taoana. The burning of these two trees is the same. They burn very strongly.
        Source:
        Sii 17W 252-253

Related entries

  • See also:
    • asita1 putty nut tree; atun tree; makita tree; a tree with nuts used to putty the knotholes in the canoe
    • asita2 putty nut, brown and oval-shaped nut with a hard shell
    • kakuaehana (inland dialect) Cascading Maniltoa; Cascading Bean
    • naono ubiubi a tree the wood of which is used as firewood
    • pea2 branch
    • ubi collect firewood