mataresu mattress

• • mattress
  • • house

  • • Example 2198:
      

      Are paa hogo nie teo ravarava vai, to paa matatopo vuara mi bono matares.

      Then we stuff it (the coconut fibres) into the cloth, that we have prepared for the mattress.

      Source: Sii 16W 067-068

    • Example 3321:
      

      Eara na paku raara o mataresu bono pesupaava. O vunuu vai paana to keukeu raara, are kirikiri varutarutae,

      We make the mattress from the coconut husk. It is the fibre of the underside that we pull out, then we pull it apart into small bits.

      Source: Sii 16W 063-065

Related entries

• See also:
  • pesupaava fibrous coconut husk; fibres of the coconut husk
  • vunuu (of humans and pigs) hair; (of sheep) wool; (of birds) plumage, feathers / fibres of the coconut husk
  • keukeu pull out fibres