maramakasi kind of big tree

Part of Speech n3
Variant Form(s) maramakas
    • kind of big tree
      • plants
      • Example 4189:
        O maramakas eve o meho naono to paku sinivi ni raara bara na paku raara bono potee mee.
        The maramakasi is another tree that we make indigenous canoes from, and we also use it for making the potee canoe (the type of canoe that was imported from the Solomon Islands).
        Source: Sii 31W 059

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  • See also:
    • naosinivi Blackboard Tree; Indian Devil Tree
    • potee1 canoe type with a wide inside that has been imported from the Solomon Islands
    • sinivi1 canoe with an outrigger
    • bio kind of ficus tree